Rene Girard Quotes

On September 11, people were shaken, but they quickly calmed down. There was a flash of awareness, which lasted a few fractions of a second. People could feel that something was happening. Then a blanket of silence covered up the crack in our certainty of safety.

Rene Girard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SilencePeopleSafetyFeelDownUp

I'm an all or nothing kind of girl. When I give my heart, I give myself totally.

Jiah Khan

GirlHeartMyselfKindNothingGive

There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

John Lindsay

BusinessPowerRespectMenSupport

Acting is an imaginative exercise. It would be odd if you didn't try to identify with the roles you play, but I think I can differentiate between where my imagination is leading me and where I actually am.

John Hurt

ImaginationMeThinkYouActingTry

Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in general, the balance of evidence has remained remarkably consistent - centering one's diet around whole plant foods.

Michael Greger

ScienceBalancePlantDietEvidence

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.

John Thorn

WorkChildrenJoyLearnPlayTrue

I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

Mary J. Blige

MyselfTrustBestStruggleI AmMe

While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of 'civility' in Washington and liberal elites whine and whinny about the need for 'no labels,' class-warfare demagoguery has metastasized unchecked.

Michelle Malkin

CivilityWashingtonNeedLiberal

Football in England is much more direct that in Spain - not just in terms of tactics or style but in the overall approach.

David Silva

StyleFootballMoreSpainJustMuch

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

Publilius Syrus

FearWhomHeHimselfMany

I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.

Peter Landesman

BeautifulTimeFootballCollegeGame

Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.

Scotty McCreery

MusicMeCountryUpCountry Music

We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.

Tim Bishop

HealthJobThinkCareAmericanHire

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