Stephane Hessel Quotes

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.

Stephane Hessel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: October 20, 1917 - February 26, 2013

Topics

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I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.

John C. Reilly

StarsBeautifulPeopleMeThink

Let me put it this way: I don't feel as settled as I look. I think that's true of everyone, probably. Except for Beyonce and Jay-Z. I don't think they wake up and think, 'Ugh, when's it going to work out for us? Why can't we catch a break?' Aside from them, I'm pretty sure everyone's life feels a lot less intentional.

Sloane Crosley

LifeWorkMeWake UpThinkLook

I wasn't an academic. I hated maths and science at school. I couldn't concentrate.

Michelle Dockery

ScienceSchoolAcademicHatedMaths

I think every fight helps for the next.

Luke Rockhold

FightThinkNextI ThinkEvery

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

Diana Ross

LifeFamilyBusinessHealthMeCare

Everyone, regardless of the mode of expression, has a constitutionally protected right to free speech. But when it comes to freedom of the press, I believe we must define a journalist and the constitutional and statutory protections those journalists should receive.

Dick Durbin

FreedomFreeBelieveSpeechRight

If I want to shoot my daily look, I just put it on Instagram - not on the Web site.

Chiara Ferragni

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Technique is of less interest than character and story.

William Friedkin

CharacterStoryInterestThanLess

When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten.

Susan Minot

MomentsLookBackForgottenBring

Interestingly enough, there is a really different dynamic when you're directing something that somebody else has written compared to when you're directing something that you've written. And there's a good and a bad side to it. I think the bad side is that you never feel the same level of connection to the material - you just don't.

Scott Derrickson

GoodThinkFeelEnoughYouBad

I'm in a relationship and have never been on Tinder as a single woman, but from what I have seen, I think it is always good to have a picture with an animal to show that you are kind.

Nikki Glaser

GoodRelationshipWomanAnimalThink

I'm asking the Israelis to choose their nationality. It doesn't mean that if they don't choose French nationality, they have to leave.

Marine Le Pen

ChooseMeanLeaveAskingFrench

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