Rene Girard Quotes

What I call a mimetic crisis is a situation of conflict so intense that on both sides people act the same way and talk the same way even though, or because, they are more and more hostile to each other.

Rene Girard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 25, 1923 - November 4, 2015

Topics

PeopleConflictSituationWayTalk

I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

GoodMusicHeartMyselfFeel Good

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

Ron Paul

WarAmericanTraditionStartingUs

I particularly don't want to play unmotivated behavior.

Michael Zaslow

BehaviorPlayWantParticularly

I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gold at the Europeans in 2010.

Mo Farah

GoldDoubleStillMinutesRunning

You've heard the phrase 'There are no small roles, just small actors?' Well, I kind of disagree. There are small roles, but when you get a lot of them in a row, you can become a pretty successful actress, and that's what I've done.

Judy Greer

SmallYouDoneKindBecomeDisagree

Inspired by London's Savile Row, I wanted to bring an American curated experience for men to Madison Avenue... a place where they cannot only shop but explore.

Joseph Abboud

ExperienceMenAmericanPlaceLondon

I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.

Dick Van Dyke

ComedyDoingPlayDoneNeverLittle

You can't become a CEO without working hard and delivering results, but that will only take you so far. Building and leveraging strong relationships with mentors and sponsors will take you the rest of the way.

Denise Morrison

BuildingRestStrongYouResults

When I was 20 years old, I was living in Ireland, going to school in Cork. There was this girl in my film class that I was kind of flirting with. We had this notebook that we passed back and forth. We would write 10 questions and then pass it back while we were supposedly paying attention.

Chris Sacca

GirlSchoolQuestionsAttentionBack

Soon, I'm going to meet somebody around my own age, and she's going to be smart and beautiful, and I'm going to date her daughter.

Bob Saget

DaughterAgeBeautifulSmartMeet

I like either skinny jeans or the ripped, casual, super-sloppy boyfriend jeans. A lot of ripped jeans. They are so early 2000, but they are so cute, I love them. I love surfer jeans, too!

Ariana Grande

LoveCuteEarlyCasualJeansSkinny

The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's not the typical Southern dialect that we're used to. It has a much more percussive rhythm to it.

Audra McDonald

AmericanMoreSoundRhythmAudience

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