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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

Michel de Montaigne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592

Topics

Water Looks Matters See Things How

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

Life Memories Trying You Know See

At some point, you have to declare an idea dead and, if not a failure, then at least not a success.

Success Failure You Dead Point Idea

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

Stephen Hawking

History Great Time Book Understand

I am spiritual but not massively religious, and I don't go to church. If someone said 'What religion are you?' I would say 'Christian.' But I don't practice.

Religion Spiritual I Am Practice You

I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.

Great Experience Saying End Learn

When I was younger, I would eat everything.

Eat Everything Would Younger

I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.

Day Me Moving You Worst Room

You'd be surprised how cold you get in the water, especially surfing a place like Pipeline. If the tradewinds are blowing, it gets chilly and sometimes you don't catch a wave for an hour.

Water Cold Wave You Place Sometimes

I don't believe all music is good. I believe some music is bad for people to listen to. I think it makes their taste worse, I think it makes their lives worse, I think it makes them worse people.

Good Music People Believe Think Bad

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

School Drama Started Performing

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

Love Great You Concepts Lyrics Hear

I love action movies, and I love comedy, and I love writing comedy, but the genre of action-comedy - or, at least, as it currently usually is - is just not something that I feel that compelled by, generally, because I find the action to be silly, or it's too slapstick, or the stakes feel low because people are joking in the middle of it.

Love People Writing Action Comedy

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