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Blaise Pascal Quotes

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662

Topics

Words Accomplish Kind Cost Much

Since my first encounter with Kafka's writing, I've been interested in a quality that, while he was alive, stood in the way of his achieving a large reputation: his allegory.

Quality Writing Reputation Achieving

You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway.

Yourself Stupid Believe You Should

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

Stephen Greenblatt

Love Truth Broken Believe Care Way

Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like 'emo' or 'grunge'... or 'folk music.' I think that's just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world.

Music Culture World Think Language

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

Heart Light Enjoy You Heavy Verse

I'd like to see the government talk a little bit less about the AP and little more about Bob Levinson.

Government Talk More See Little Bob

I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass.

Romantic Why Understand Romance Pass

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.

Martina McBride

Music Memories Learn Country Listen

My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have.

Age Power Time Day Me Problems

Well, the biggest Norwegian newspaper regarded this as an arrest, since they hadn't told us that they were coming and they brought me in. So the biggest Norwegian newspaper looked upon that as an arrest.

Me Newspaper Coming Us Well Arrest

At my very core, I'm pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job.

Job Weird Shy Happen Pretty Core

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

Women Music Black And White Men Cool

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