Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeExperienceCommon SenseMeasure

I was so driven in high school but did sometimes wish I could go out with friends, go to parties, and be a normal teenager. But having mum as my coach at home meant I couldn't sneak around.

Jessica Fox

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I'm not in charge of my life.

Jennifer Weiner

LifeMy LifeCharge

Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

Andrew Mellon

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When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up.

Rita Ora

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But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.

Louis Tomlinson

ProudYearYouCountryKnowDone

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

Lisa Kudrow

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My favorite app is 'StumbleUpon,' because it just gives you interesting things that are sometimes exactly the stuff I'm interested in and sometimes just silly and funny.

Christine Quinn

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'Forensic Files' is amazing! I love it! There were marathons happening all the time in college. That show, because it's always on at night, was always better than any scary movie I could put on, because it was 'real.'

Cory Michael Smith

LoveTimeCollegeAmazingNight

Israel, an embattled democracy, has been fighting terrorism for over 100 years.

Ariel Sharon

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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer

HonorLostMustOnlyWon

My faith sometimes burdens me with the responsibility to think very deeply and long and hard about the choices I make creatively. There are projects I turn down because the material is too much a violation of what I believe. But that's true of anybody.

Scott Derrickson

FaithResponsibilityMeBelieveLong

As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.

Tibor Fischer

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