Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.
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You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture. I can think of a lot of comedy screenplays; Woody Allen has had numerous nominations for his screenplays. But most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.
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Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash in Nascar you still have a roll bar, and a cage, and a lot of protection. It's built to crash, but if you fall off a racehorse we all know what can happen, so it's tremendously dangerous.
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I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.
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Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
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People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
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What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.
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I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
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Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority revenue stream and the ancillary fan experiences and promotions that may be derived from it.
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The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.
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It's like how science fiction in the '50s was a way of talking about war without actually having to risk any political capital. The obvious metaphor is power and powerlessness, but I also think it's a way of experimenting with dangerous feelings in a safe arena and trying things out.
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You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!
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If you can't send your daughter to school when you know it will help her, you feel a sense of failure, and you feel that failure deeply.
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L'accent est l'âme du discours.
