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Theophile Gautier Quotes

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

Theophile Gautier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: french
Birth: August 30, 1811 - October 23, 1872

Topics

You Satisfaction Become Own Poet

I have sacrificed not only my favorite scheme of life, but the softer affections of the heart, and my prospects of domestic happiness, and I am ready to sacrifice my life also, with cheerfulness, if that forfeiture could restore peace and good will among mankind.

John Paul Jones

Life Good Happiness Heart Peace

The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.

History Lessons Most Part Victors

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.

Work Hard Work Never Give Up Dreams

Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world's people. This condition started in the 15th and the 16th centuries with the beginning of the slave trade system. The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people.

John Henrik Clarke

Beginning People World Information

The things you're closest to are often the things you know least about.

Matthew Desmond

You Know Things About Least Often

I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically.

Stellan Skarsgard

Know Meat Cut Cook How Yeah

We are not facing great economic difficulties. The Indonesian people are faring reasonably well - just compare us to India or some other countries.

Great People India Difficulties Well

I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.

Fight Angry New York City Guitar

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

Done Nothing Demand Popular

I'm for limited government, so stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well.

Government You Body Out Guns Stay

As a consumer, I love superheroes.

Love Consumer Superheroes I Love

If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking beautiful.

Beautiful Looking Pictures Used Any

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