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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: swiss
Birth: September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881

Topics

Respect Humility Self Others Without

My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside me, if there's a hole in there, I thought: If I could just write a good song someday, then I'd be OK. You know, if I could just be on stage in front of people I'd never seen before and be validated by them.

Life Good Goals Broken People Song

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.

Discipline Treat Game Famous Media

Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.

Long You Film Working Hours Set

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

Growing Up Career Jump Growing Said

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.

Cormac McCarthy

Time Day Gold Perfect Heaven Room

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Corrie Ten Boom

Trust You Dark Train Jump Tunnel

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

Chris Van Allsburg

Story Garden First About Wrote

'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.

Great Food Money New York Attention

Sitting around with Jim Carrey, coming up with bits, is, like, beyond a dream come true.

Dream Sitting True Beyond Coming Up

I would like to bring people who have never been to a museum into a museum. And I would like to bring museum goers into libraries. I think there ought to be this cross-fertilization.

People Think Museum Never Bring Who

Every crowd is different. But that's something that I enjoy, and you can feel it in the first few seconds when you walk out on stage. You know, how a crowd is.

Walk Feel Enjoy You Know First

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

Time Think End Language Breath Get

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