Andre Gide Quotes

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

Andre Gide

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 22, 1869 - February 19, 1951

Topics

ExperienceAdventurePeopleSucceed

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Andre Malraux

MusicAgeStyleAlwaysMayBeen

Writers, directors often can get too precious with their words.

Michael Pitt

WordsPreciousGetOftenDirectors

Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case.

Joseph Wambaugh

GoodTodayLawyersMoreGood Example

Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on October 29th, 1949. With my brother Adolfas, we wanted to make a film about displaced persons, how one feels being uprooted from one's home.

Jonas Mekas

HomeNew YorkBrotherOrganization

So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

Dennis Bergkamp

PositiveMeWayClubRoundSign

I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles.

Donald Wolfit

YouPlayAskSpeakingSomeRoles

I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me.

Corey Taylor

MusicMeSayingYouDownI Can

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

Anne Frank

I CanWriteOffShakeCaresI Write

I truly believe Abu Dhabi is one of the world's best film locations, and I can't wait to come back.

Prabhas

BestWaitWorldBelieveBackFilm

I've done a song with almost everybody in the game.

Two Chainz

SongGameDoneAlmostEverybody

Death at times seems like a dark tunnel to be traveled, and the future seems bleak.

Mother Angelica

FutureDeathTraveledDarkTunnel

I went to work in accounting at Arthur Andersen. At one point, it was the creme de la creme. I wanted to work there because it looked like the hardest thing I could find, and I loved being on a steep learning curve. I progressed quickly, and two years out of college, I was managing a small team of people.

Lynn Good

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