Marquis de Condorcet Quotes

I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.

Marquis de Condorcet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 17, 1743 - March 29, 1794

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Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.

Matthew Lillard

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That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build.

Jeff Fortenberry

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Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.

Jeff Bridges

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The thing that really sticks - and when you talk to entrepreneurs, they say the same - is just thinking about the next day, the next week.

Ana Patricia Botin

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Why do people - gay or straight - need the state's permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn't, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents' agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.

Stephanie Coontz

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Wall Street is populated by a bunch of people whose primary goal is to make money, and the rules are pretty much caveat emptor.

Steven Levitt

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It's a curious thing about celebrity: being somebody who was one of the stars of one of the most popular television shows in history offers an opportunity. I look at it as an ambassadorial opportunity at times, where I can go to places and have the opportunity to do things and meet people that other people don't have.

Mike Farrell

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Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top.

Luis Fonsi

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I hardly ever go into the studio with a work complete in my head. It emerges from communal activity.

Brian Eno

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Assad is not the greatest ally to have.

Chrystia Freeland

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All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.

Brandon Lee

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