Moses Mendelssohn Quotes

We would be able neither to remember nor to reflect nor to compare nor to think, indeed, we would not even be the person who we were a moment ago, if our concepts were divided among many and were not to be encountered somewhere together in their most exact combination.

Moses Mendelssohn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 6, 1729 - January 4, 1786

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My first two books, I was very close to my main character, stuck inside their head. And then with 'Arrogance,' I broke into many different voices. I introduce many different characters, and that helped me to develop a confidence to move between different characters, between different voices.

Joanna Scott

ConfidenceCharacterMeArrogance

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.

John Major

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I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.

John Rocha

MyselfChallengeNewWantLeave

For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.

Tony Hsieh

ChangeGrowthBusinessFunMeYou

Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.

Minoru Yamasaki

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Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after 'Ally McBeal,' and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on 'Ally' a second time because I thought the character should be on again.

Josh Ryan Evans

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Fortune favors the audacious.

Desiderius Erasmus

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'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.

Chris Crutcher

TruthPainPeopleMeBookTough

I've done commercial work for Amtrak. However, that was branded as Stanton. I stipulated at the very beginning that it was not going to involve 'Humans of New York,' that I wasn't going to promote it on 'Humans of New York.' So nobody who follows me really even knows that I did it.

Brandon Stanton

WorkBeginningNew YorkMeNewDone

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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I'd love to dance with grace and style, to move as easily as I write.

Sharon Draper

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You know I've never worked without a script before, but with Apatow, it's all improvisation. He calls out a premise, and you have to adapt.

Norman Lloyd

YouKnowAdaptNeverWithoutOut

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