Charles de Saint-Évremond (Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis) Quotes
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
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I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and over again for years.
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One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.
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I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.
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Altruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesn’t stipulate whether those others should be one’s family, or the homeless, or society as a whole. Collectivism states that, in politics, society comes first and the individual must obey. Collectivism is the application of the altruist ethics to politics.
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Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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The less of the World, the freer you live.
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God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.
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Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
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Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
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Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess.
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
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Think about it: You're trying to raise cash to save an endangered animal. You've got orphaned pandas getting 3 trillion YouTube hits, and you've got seals being clubbed over the head by roughnecks. The money flows in. But what about the poor shark?
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If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.
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The hardest thing in a novel is time. You've got [a line like] "two weeks later, he woke up with a headache," and you've got to add up that entire two weeks and what the date is and whether it works. That kind of stuff drives me crazy and if I don't have it exactly right, I can't move forward because I don't feel confident.
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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
