Roman Jakobson Quotes

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Roman Jakobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: October 11, 1896 - July 18, 1982

Topics

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When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your craft.

Viola Davis

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Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots.

Andrew Motion

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In general, I think very few people have a sustained interest in news.

John Hockenberry

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I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but there's a freedom you have when you're not getting paid. It's easier to say no and there's no pressure to please the powers that be. Also I don't have to hear 'flirt and smile more.'

Trieste Kelly Dunn

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Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.

Romario

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And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Martin Scorsese

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For the first two years of Eventbrite, all the work was done by just the three founders: me, my husband, Kevin, and our chief technology officer, Renaud Visage.

Julia Hartz

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I enjoy popping in to World Duty Free at the airport and trying out perfumes - I can never resist a new scent.

Lisa Snowdon

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There have been a lot of stories written about me, some of them fantastically distorted.

Judy Garland

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The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

Craig Ferguson

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We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it?

Brendon Burchard

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We have home videos that are really great tape on my parents being hysterical. So I think I always knew that my parents were funny, so I think that I always felt comfortable using comedy in my real life.

Briga Heelan

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