Michel Onfray Quotes

By aiming for paradise, we lose sight of earth. Hope of a beyond and aspiration to an afterlife engender a sense of futility in the present. If the prospect of getting taken up to paradise generates joy, it is the mindless joy of a baby picked up from his crib.

Michel Onfray

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There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.

Jennifer Granholm

EnoughYouGoSayEnough Is Enough

Do not follow anyone else's opinion of your capabilities; find for yourself what you're passionate about and chase it!

Mawra Hocane

YourselfOpinionYouFindPassionate

Most large media firms make outsized investments to acquire and market a small number of titles with strong hit potential, and bank on their sales to make up for middling performance in the rest of their catalogs.

Anita Elberse

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Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.

Siobhan Fahey

MusicYouTouchMoreGutModern

I was a little tiger. I loved skating. You couldn't get me out of my skates. As many times as I could go to the rink, I was there.

Tonya Harding

MeLovedYouTigerGoSkating

Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.

Marya Hornbacher

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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

Diana Ross

IntentionBuildPlaygroundParkBeen

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

Christopher Parker

AmazingBigFilmWorkingJustSome

The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

Annie Besant

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Eggs are one of my all-time favorite foods, and making the over-easy egg is a test of skill.

Wylie Dufresne

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I do weight training and follow strict diet. It is very important to look a certain way. I don't think being extra skinny and thin is desirable, but you have to be fit.

Alia Bhatt

TrainingThinkDietYouLookWay

When you act in a film, you're inevitably surrounded by people you didn't choose, right down to the set painter. I like being able to pick the family I'm waking up to in the morning that's going to make this group effort to tell a story that applies to what's interesting to me at that stage in my life.

Sean Penn

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