Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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As a teenager, I wanted to look like the early '90s curvy supermodels. Even in my early 20s, I always said as soon as I retired from cycling, I'd get a boob job.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.
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My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term 'true Christian.' He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.
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Wonder Woman was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.
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I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.
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The successful construction of all machinery depends on the perfection of the tools employed; and whoever is a master in the arts of tool-making possesses the key to the construction of all machines... The contrivance and construction of tools must therefore ever stand at the head of the industrial arts.
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Our very eyes Are sometimes, like our judgments, blind.
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General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
