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Nicolas Malebranche Quotes

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.

Nicolas Malebranche

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: August 6, 1638 - October 13, 1715

Topics

God Words Speak You Understand Air

Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing tenners in the air. I've done pretty well out of it, but certainly not enough to say, 'Right, that's me set up for life.'

Joanne Harris

Life Me Writing Winning Start You

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

Jennifer Aniston

Time Partner You Down Want Over

More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.

Amelie Nothomb

You Know Understand More Where Fine

When I look in the mirror, I sometimes think I'm getting old, but then I have two generations behind me so that helps puts things into perspective. I am a grandmother now, but at least my nine-year-old grandson Jude calls me Glamma and not Granny.

Stephanie Beacham

Mirror Perspective I Am Me Think

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

Stephen Covey

Truth Knowledge Value Principles

Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book to book - that's part of what's interesting to me.

China Mieville

Me Book Voice Interesting First Get

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.

Christopher Walken

Funny Think Comedy You Look Tragedy

People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous.

Colin Kaepernick

People Ridiculous Point Coming Here

I don't call myself a writer.

Bruce Boxleitner

Myself Call Writer

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

Plutarch

God Opinion Better Belief Him Only

I think that water is immediately interesting. It's just, as an element, it is full of life. It is associated with origin; it is bright - it reflects you.

Seamus Heaney

Life Water Think Interesting You

Success is created in studio apartments and garages, at kitchen tables, and in classrooms across the nation, not in government conference rooms in Washington.

Tim Scott

Success Government Kitchen Washington