Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 8, 1621 - April 13, 1695

Topics

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My friends are mostly familiar with music that plays on the mainstream radio.

Jessica Sanchez

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With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private villa for a holiday.

Robert Powell

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The Berlin Wall fell because the East Germans saw the West had more. The Koreans don't like the Japanese and try to prove to them that they are worth more in the industrial arena.

Stef Wertheimer

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Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Soren Kierkegaard

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I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege.

Tori Amos

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You know, I had no trouble with the girls.

Rod Stewart

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You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

Johnny Depp

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The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.

Drew Bledsoe

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I don't take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative of how the audience feels, and of what their reaction is. There's always one guy who doesn't get it.

David Zucker

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In a job negotiation, the implementation of that deal is your success that also causes the company to succeed.

Christopher Voss

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The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him.

Corey Hawkins

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