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Joseph Joubert Quotes

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: May 7, 1754 - May 4, 1824

Topics

Born Order Observe Few Establish

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.

Government Better You Buildings Take

From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say we want them. There is a big hunger for them. I don't think it's sentimentality or nostalgia, it's often that they are simply the best stories.

Time Best People Think Rebel Want

I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche - a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress. I wanted more than that, and I had always loved politics, so I ended up changing my major completely, and double-majoring in theater and international relations.

Girl Politics Loved Acting More Up

The publisher has told - you know, if these editors, Andres Martinez and Nick Goldberg, were the least bit honest about this, they would tell you the publisher has told them he wants the editorial page to be conservative.

You Page Know Conservative Tell He

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Expectations You See Rare Film Your

When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian.

Learn Two Sing Italian About Weeks

I once did a gig at an office Christmas party in the showroom floor of a friend's father's home appliance shop in the suburbs of Melbourne. It was to a much older crowd. Without a microphone. Or a stage. With the queue for the buffet behind me.

Friend Father Home Me Party Office

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.

Mary Wortley Montagu

Passion Time Mind Face Become More

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Martin Seligman

Good Optimism People Control Think

More often than we realize, people see in us what we don't see in ourselves.

People More Realize See Us Than

San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it's all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Poetry Me Teachers Mentors Fountain

It's funny, because '1600 Penn' was the first time I really started to read the reviews, because I am an executive producer and I wanted to see what people were enjoying and not enjoying as a means to an end, right?

Funny Time I Am People End See

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