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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Joy Back Liberty Secret Always Any

You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

Good Balance Win Winning World Key

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

Children You Complicated Write Books

The Republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. That's a brutal fact we have to face.

Face Trying Election Republican Fact

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

People Me Think Know She Glamorous

'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose.

Chuck Palahniuk

Quality Animal Me Kingdom Lean Amy

Premonitions, presentiments, the sensing of unseen presences and many allied experiences are due to the activity of the astral body and its reaction on the physical; their ever-increasing frequency is merely the result of its evolution among educated people.

People Result Body Evolution Unseen

I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree with the story, and if I got to sing something that portrays me as something I'm not, then I'm not going to sing it either. I didn't even want to sing Aretha Franklin's 'Chain of Fools.'

Me Story Fools Want Tell Going

I can't get enough of 'Pulp Fiction.' I just love it; it still holds up. And it didn't win Best Picture, by the way. Didn't win.

Timothy Olyphant

Love Best Win Picture Enough Way

Do you remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a pigeon on the roller coaster, and it broke his nose? Sometimes I feel like I'm the pigeon, and the Internet is Fabio's face. Actually, I don't know if I'm the pigeon, or I'm Fabio's face. Depends on the day, I guess.

Day Face Internet Feel Remember You

Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege.

Live Color Skin Privilege Without

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.

Me Will Try Follow Leave Room

If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.

Jurgen Habermas

History World Impact Stand Events

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