Raymond Queneau Quotes

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

Raymond Queneau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 21, 1903 - October 25, 1976

Topics

IdentitySingingStoryOwnPoetHe

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

Joel Osteen

LifeGodBelieveFaceThinkDoing

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

Jena Malone

PoliticsSchoolCoolHigh School

Well, honestly I feel like an ordinary woman.

Jennifer Aniston

WomanFeelOrdinaryWellI Feel Like

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

Andrew Young

ProgressRacismWarThinkPoverty

Every Christmas, all I ever wanted was Playskool instruments. It was my entire life. And then by the time I was 6 or 7 years old, it became, 'Now I'm going to force my entire family to watch me perform all these rock songs.'

Andy Biersack

LifeFamilyTimeMeRockChristmas

Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me.

Meghan O'Rourke

MotherMeLossDieNothingKnowing

I am very, very hungry to compete.

Michael Bisping

I AmHungryCompeteVeryAm

I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think.

Amanda Harlech

FearPeopleThinkSayWantMost

Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.

Amy Chua

WorkHard WorkChildrenParentsFeel

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea.

Ron Paul

HomeBelieveThinkBackI Believe

We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it.

Joyce Carol Oates

ChallengeWorldEmotionalSenseOur

I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that's different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

Diamond Dallas Page

WorkLiveBusinessStandBetterOut

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