Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778

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My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith.

Jim Moran

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I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years, and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy.

Jim Nabors

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I am of the view that the Affordable Care Act will be a transformative piece of legislation that can lower the cost of health care in the United States - perhaps our greatest fiscal obstacle - and help all Americans lead healthy and productive lives, free from worry that a single illness could mean ruin for an entire family.

John Delaney

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Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought.

Melissa Etheridge

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If we can think about not the object, but the process of creating the object, in short, we have no constraints. We have processes in our hands that allow us to create structures at all scales that at one point we couldn't even have dreamed of.

Michael Hansmeyer

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I think of myself as a film composer.

John Williams

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The play is not in the words, it's in you!

Stella Adler

WordsYouPlay

No one wants to be picked at. At the end of the day, we're all human beings with feelings and emotions. Nobody wants to be critiqued and picked apart, but it's the nature of the business. It comes with the territory. For me, if they're not talking about you, that's where you can run into some trouble.

Roman Reigns

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As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

Mike Quigley

FaithStand UpStandPolicyRights

If there's one thing I've written that could survive into posterity, I'd want that to be the poetry.

Luke Davies

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But I didn't know much about directing a movie.

Jason Alexander

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I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon.'

Josh Peck

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