Leon Bourgeois Quotes

The rise of man from the animal to the human level was prolonged by the necessity of rising from a state of barbarism and violence to one of order and peace.

Leon Bourgeois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 21, 1851 - September 29, 1925

Topics

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I'm allowed to have my opinions as an American, but it seems the Left becomes very intolerant when you have an opinion other than what they state.

Joe Wurzelbacher

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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Andre Gide

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People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

Smokey Robinson

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I train hard; I have the best coaching staff in the world... We always do the right things. I stick to the plan, and we get things done.

Robert Whittaker

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But I also know in standup, there's nowhere to hide. You get on stage and you deliver, or you are eviscerated and you are thrown into a pile of bodies at the bottom of a mountain.

Rob Delaney

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Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

Diane Watson

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I meditate daily, and I think it's sort of a life skill.

Christen Press

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What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson.

Pico Iyer

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I have worked on PCs and on Macs and, while I have my preferences, I don't find it crippling to work on one rather than the other.

Susan Orlean

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I guess you could say I'm lucky because I've known a Zimbabwe that didn't have Robert Mugabe leading it. One of the saddest things about Zimbabwe is there are so many hidden casualties of the Mugabe government's misrule. They're not just casualties that you immediately see.

Petina Gappah

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We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control.

Seth Lloyd

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The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

Remy de Gourmont

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