Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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Despair and frustration will not shake our belief that the resistance is the only way of liberation.
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Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious.
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...for all men do their acts with a view to achieving something which is, in their view, a good.
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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.
