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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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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We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from.
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And some day there will be nothing left of everything that has twisted my life and grieved it and filled me so often with such anguish. Some day, with the last exhaustion, peace will come and the motherly earth will gather me back home. It won't be the end of things, only a way of being born again, a bathing and a slumbering where the old and the withered sink down, where the young and new begin to breathe. Then, with other thoughts, I will walk along streets like these, and listen to streams, and overhear what the sky says in the evening, over and over and over.
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Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
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What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.
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You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.
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There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
