Andre Gide Quotes

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

Andre Gide

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleSome PeopleAlwaysNextAway

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I think I'll get a little more interesting small parts and see if I can really... I guess you don't have to have the pressure on you compared to when you're a leading man in a film.

Robert Maillet

ManSmallThinkPressureInteresting

I'm surprised how easily Don Imus came back. He was off the air for a little while after the 'nappy-headed' comment in 2007, and then he's back as strong as ever.

Steven Gaines

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Mathematicians didn't invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible that Africans could be using fractal geometry.

Ron Eglash

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To me, as long as I can play and I'm not hurting the team, I'm playing.

Miguel Cabrera

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Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.

Lucy Larcom

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The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975.

Judge Reinhold

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What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.

Joschka Fischer

EducationWorldSecurityWillRight

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.

Diane Keaton

SaidDoneNowThingsKindsCourse

I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down.

Cilla Black

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I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

Ariana Grande

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I'm such an emotional and sensitive person, so it only makes sense that my songs are as well.

Aurora

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