Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Desiderius Erasmus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536

Topics

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Back when I was working with the Stones and with Joe Cocker and Neil Young and Neil Diamond and all of those - 'the boys,' I call them - it was fun.

Merry Clayton

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I would not want to leave the impression that I would give some precedents more weight than others because of some sort of academic disagreement.

Amy Coney Barrett

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I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite.

Stephen Rea

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Ballet is something for which you need so much control and composure. And there's an element to acting that is the complete opposite. You have to be able to completely let go and reveal everything about yourself. It's about being very vulnerable.

Sonoya Mizuno

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I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen.

Travis Barker

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I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

Lucy Liu

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The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic.

Louis Garrel

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Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Christopher Lasch

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One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.

Clifford Odets

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The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

Colin Trevorrow

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I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments.

Colin Firth

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One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

William Safire

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