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JEAN ROSTAND Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those f...
JEAN ROSTAND This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted
SENECA Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.
CHARLES DICKENS I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
DAVID DOBKIN I've got one more week to coach Ian Hindmarsh, a guy I have the utmost respect for, and Ben Cross wh...
MATT ELLIOTT I'm going in and try to soak up as much knowledge from those guys. I know I'm going to have a great ...
JAMAR WILLIAMS I immediately said to myself Ive got to do something, ... Ive got to help as many as I can. I am not...
AMY COLLINS If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelmi...
ABERJHANI We always learn more from those whom we hate than those whom we love.
VIKRANT PARSAI I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path f...
MATT CAMERON As long as you have good intentions, you respect yourself, and wish the good to others as much as yo...
REEM AL OLABY i have no respect for those who are slaves of society and merely accept it. But i can. Yet i will ne...
ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ i have no respect for those who are slaves of society and merely accept it. But i can. Yet i will ne...
ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ JR I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown
I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote th...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR I don't know why I pick up other people's trash. I guess those of us who do have more respect for ou...
LOIS BROBST I never expected to play as much as I did and score as much as I did, ... I'm glad they had the conf...
COREY MAGGETTE Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied wit...
RENE DESCARTES As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others a...
DAVE REICHERT I loved those stories, and I never thought I'd have a chance to live that kind of experiment because...
HARVEY LEVIN I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I ha...
JACK ABRAMOFF I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I kn...
LAURA RIDING I loved those stories, and I never thought I'd have a chance to live that kind of experiment because...
HARVEY LEVIN I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.
LAWRENCE KASDAN I desire respect more than I fear death; without respect, I’m dead already.
SCOTTIE SOMERS I need respect more than I fear death; without respect, I’m dead already.
SCOTTIE SOMERS Man is so much more sensitive to the contempt of others than to contempt for himself.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The surest way of ruining a youth is to teach him to respect those who think as he does more highly ...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE If we, as Idahoans, allow that plant to come into the Magic Valley, we have got more pollution comin...
DON JESSER We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will.
JEFFREY D. SACHS Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to please...
RENE DESCARTES As long as I get those running shoes on, then there's no turning back, and I have to go for that...
KIM RAVER Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places ...
HARRIET TUBMAN For of those to whom much is given, much is required
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain ri...
JIMMY STEWART For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U...
MARTIN JACQUES I triumph and rejoice that my action should have obtained your approval; nor am I disturbed when I h...
VIKRAM SETH I never have more than one bag at a time. I think one is already quite enough. Also, I hate changing...
JANE BIRKIN There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done' and those to whom God...
C.S. LEWIS I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.
THOMAS JEFFERSON They kept telling me I wasn't worth as much as I thought I was. After a while, that affects your mot...
DOMINICK GUINN A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those ...
MARGARET CAVENDISH I am thankful and blessed to be in a position where I have learned as much from those that have taug...
KIM HA CAMPBELL What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY I feel like I'm 18, with the maturity level of like a 14-year-old. I'm still the same goofba...
DUFF GOLDMAN And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS You and I may have never met, but I already know so much of what you want: to be happy and feel valu...
SUSAN C. YOUNG I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as l...
JODI PICOULT The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude.
ARNOLD GLASGOW Love is as much of an object as an obsession, everybody wants it everybody seeks it, but few ever ac...
CURTIS JUDALET I'll probably go out there and work as hard as I've ever worked. I feel I've got to keep up those co...
AUTUMN NICHOLS I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So...
GALEN BECKETT Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.
MAURICE AGER What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my con...
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my conte...
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet existed. Manet was work...
VINCENT VAN GOGH The fourth one was incredibly, much more so, much more physical than the first ones. It's I think si...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE I feel like I have put more work in mentally and physically, in every which way and I've never cared...
ANDY RODDICK I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and I feel so l...
CANDICE BERGEN If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beau...
OSCAR WILDE You and I may have never met, but I already know much of what you want in your life: to be happy and...
SUSAN C. YOUNG Over the past 10 years I have placed in my novels the names of more than two dozen close friends and...
DAN BROWN I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.
THEOPHILE GAUTIER We have a lot of safety measures in place already, so I feel pretty comfortable with those,
CHRIS GIBSON Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I care...
JACKIE ROBINSON You don't take things for granted as much as you used to. To be with those seniors ... it means a li...
MIKE KUDLA Love is as much of an object as an obsession, everybody wants it, everybody seeks it, but few ever a...
CURTIS JUDALET I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN We promise to respect people of all creeds: those who are Christians, Muslims as well as those who h...
JAKAYA KIKWETE That team played as hard as anyone we've seen so far this season. It was tough, and we never got the...
BOB HOFMAN They came to see that family need not be defined merely as those with whom they share blood but for ...
NATHAN LANE Respect for those whom we can't trust is one of the most difficult things to do in life.
ANUJ SOMANY Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and no...
CHARLES DARWIN We've got to get as much support behind us as we can, ... Got to get a few of those crowds cheering ...
IAN BAKER Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
ANONYMOUS Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already
have.
UNKNOWN In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll ...
CHRISTIAN BALE It will deal with the culture of those people rather than with our contacts as Americans with those ...
JAMES BILLINGTON All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say s...
AIDAN CHAMBERS I now embrace the pleasures of this life with as much or more passion as I did before, but I do so w...
TED DEKKER What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the af...
ANNA FREUD As a society, our decision to heap shame and contempt upon those who struggle and fail in a system d...
MICHELLE ALEXANDER I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's wh...
MALIN AKERMAN Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back tw...
OSCAR WILDE As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm a...
J. COLE I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do...
ALAN BALL We're always looking to advance as many as we can. We're happy with nine, I feel bad for Sammy (Mart...
KEVIN MCCANN You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the
honesty and intelligence of the mem...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt...
PETER C. GOLDMARK, JR. Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt...
PETER C. GOLDMARK JR. As much respect as I have for Indiana, they're good. They're not significantly better than we are. A...
STEVE FISHER for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they ...
ALBERT EINSTEIN I don't anticipate any problems. Eric's been in the system. We love both of those guys to death. We ...
RODNEY HARRISON Looks like my baby dont live here no more...thats alright, ive still got my guitar.....................
JIMI HENDRIX There are people whom we’ve never met in person yet feel closer to than those we brush up against ...
RICHARD PAUL EVANS I've never received this kind of contributions before. I have received smaller contributions as alde...
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JEAN ROSTAND In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
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JEAN ROSTAND Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains...
JEAN ROSTAND The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
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JEAN ROSTAND The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
JEAN ROSTAND God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
JEAN ROSTAND God, that checkroom of our dreams.
JEAN ROSTAND The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
JEAN ROSTAND Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood -- we fail to see the whole arra...
JEAN ROSTAND To be adult is to be alone.
JEAN ROSTAND It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
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JEAN ROSTAND It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls...
JEAN ROSTAND Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
JEAN ROSTAND The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
JEAN ROSTAND One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
JEAN ROSTAND To hate fatigues.
JEAN ROSTAND Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
JEAN ROSTAND We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
JEAN ROSTAND There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
JEAN ROSTAND To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ide...
JEAN ROSTAND I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
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JEAN ROSTAND One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
JEAN ROSTAND The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
JEAN ROSTAND I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
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JEAN ROSTAND Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
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JEAN ROSTAND Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
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JEAN ROSTAND The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
JEAN ROSTAND To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
JEAN ROSTAND Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
JEAN ROSTAND Theories pass. The frog remains.
JEAN ROSTAND We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
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JEAN ROSTAND Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that on...
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JEAN ROSTAND Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array...
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JEAN ROSTAND I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
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JEAN ROSTAND To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.
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JEAN ROSTAND The obligation to endure gives us the right to know
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JEAN ROSTAND Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
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JEAN ROSTAND We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be
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JEAN ROSTAND Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.
JEAN ROSTAND My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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EDMOND ROSTAND Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
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Those...
EDMUND ROSTAND What would you have me do?
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EDMOND ROSTAND A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.
EDMOND ROSTAND Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bell
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EDMOND ROSTAND Attendez!... Je choisis mes rimes... Là, j'y suis.
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JEAN KERR Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
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JEAN HOUSTON Poetry is indispensable --if I only knew what for.
JEAN COCTEAU Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light...
JEAN COCTEAU Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.
JEAN DUBUFFET Art is science made clear.
JEAN COCTEAU One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
JEAN COCTEAU Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ...
JEAN GIRAUDOUX Despair is the only genuine atheism.
JEAN PAUL I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
JEAN COCTEAU I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
JEAN COCTEAU Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
JEAN COCTEAU Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
JEAN ANOUILH Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.
JEAN PAUL