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Montesquieu Quotes

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755

Topics

God Talent Gift Without Reveal Us

For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.

Love People Think Dream Audience

Take away our things, and something in us dies.

Things Take Away Something Us Our

Back when you were doing plays like 'The Miracle Worker,' you had 20, 25 people in the cast. When you go to make the film, that's not such a stretch. But when you're doing plays like 'Proof,' it's just five people or something in the thing, and it gets to be a really difficult re-conception.

John Patrick Shanley

People Doing You Back Go Difficult

I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.

Brother Voice Phone Him Line Even

As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.

Stephen Ambrose

Long Way Out Anything Get Principle

In 1995 I decided to stop eating meat. I could never really quite explain why; I think it was something to do with watching a documentary where they cooked a cat and partly because I had a really crap job working for Wolves Poly and felt my life was slipping away. It definitely wasn't anything to do with any 'vegetarian month'.

Life Job Wolves Eating Think Stop

Just having the economy picking up doesn't mean that we will get through or that we will turn the chapter on many of the problems that we see ahead of us.

Roberto Azevedo

Problems Chapter Ahead Will Mean Up

From the very beginning, I had a lot of female role models in music. I would go to shows, and there were always women fronting bands and playing guitar or backing up and playing drums or bass in a band. That probably contributed to my belief in myself to go out and perform for people.

Women Music Myself Beginning People

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smell up the whole place. The most impactful movies were 'Godfather II' and 'Scarface'. I loved the human complexity, and those movies are so well shot. Cinematic greatness. I really stopped going in my early twenties.

Family Greatness Mom Loved Early Go

The schedule on TV is crazy. You could not work for two days but then work from 4 A.M. to 1 A.M. the next day. I definitely wanted more family time.

Donna Lynne Champlin

Work Family Time Day Crazy You

All of my free time is made up of motor sports endeavors, be them motorcycles or off-road racing or track days. I just love anything with an engine. That is one of my main loves. Obviously, my other well-known love is Kristen Bell.

Love Sports Time Love Is Free Bell

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