Elie Ducommun Quotes

I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation.

Elie Ducommun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: February 19, 1833 - December 7, 1906

Topics

CharacterJusticeProgressForward

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

Jocko Willink

GoodLeaderChaosKeyDecisions

If you look at the language of illness, you can use it to describe race - you could experience race as an illness. You can experience income level, at many different levels, as a form of illness. You can experience age as an illness. I mean, it's all got an illness component.

Andrew Solomon

AgeExperienceLanguageYouLook

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

Matthew Weiner

PeopleThinkNaturalLiberalBecause

I've always been a fan of space exploration, and I filled our entire office with space artifacts.

Steve Jurvetson

SpaceExplorationOfficeAlwaysBeen

Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration.

Stephen Sondheim

CollaborationWaitYouAudienceLast

It's what you do on the court. Talking's easy.

Stan Van Gundy

TalkingEasyYouCourt

Harry Kane is, of course, a very important player for England because he's the best player in the world.

Son Heung-min

BestWorldImportantBecauseCourse

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who are making my weight an issue just prove that people are jealous. These are people who have nothing to do in life except to stare at their computer screens and make comments on us.

Sonakshi Sinha

LifeBrokenPeopleJealousThinkUs

I do not wish harm on our constituents.

Tom Graves

WishHarmOurConstituents

When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us.

Rithy Panh

SoulPeopleStoneNowDeadImage

I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether it's in film, TV or theatre. My dream role's already been taken by Keira Knightley in 'Pride and Prejudice.' Growing up, I really wanted to be Lizzie Bennett.

Roxanne McKee

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Well, for me the pro-life issue has been something I've been very passionate about since the '70s, and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics.

Mike Huckabee

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