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In England it was enough that Newton was the greatest mathematican of his century; in France he would have been expected to be agreeable too. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show. — Jean Reno

He considered each and every second as if he'd never encountered one before, as if the time it kept was a permanent surprise. — Jean-Christophe Valtat

High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit - reptiles and eagles. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Wicked sisters,' said Jean, as he let the hatchets fall out of his right robe sleeve and into his hand, 'I'd like you to meet the Wicked Sisters. — Scott Lynch

Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open. — Billie Jean King

To someone who could grasp the Universe from a unified standpoint the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Push on and faith will catch up with you. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language. — Jean-Paul Sartre

God accomplishes his designs unknown even to those whom he employs as his instruments. — Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigne

The more wit we have, the less satisfied we are with it. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
[Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie). — Jean De La Fontaine

When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write. — Jean Rhys

A great man may be the personification and type of the epoch for which God destines him, but he is never its creator. — Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigne

Music that paints nothing is only noise. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

I'd spent half of my life crying, the other half refusing to cry — Jean-Claude Izzo

Just go on..and faith will soon return. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

If all good, respectable people had one face, I'd spit in it. — Jean Rhys

I'd done so many things I wasn't supposed to do that by then I was ready to try any idea that came to me. — Jean M. Auel

Actually, I'd really love to do something in Bali, up in the mountains. A little restaurant with that scenery would be beautiful. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

My apologies. I meant no offense." Except that his tone told her he didn't mean a word he'd just spoken. — Jean Oram

So much violence. If God existed, I'd have strangled him on the spot. Without batting an eyelid. And with all the fury of the damned. — Jean-Claude Izzo

The true system of the World has been recognized, developed and perfected ... Everything has been discussed and analysed, or at least mentioned. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to! — Jean Dujardin

I stared at Jean-Claude still cuddled on the corner of the bed. He looked adorable, and if I'd had a gun, I'd have shot him on the spot. — Laurell K. Hamilton

I felt like I'd been licked by a hungry, dangerous lion. It felt fucking wonderful. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

They have me singing in a reformatory. My singing would be enough to get me in, but I'd never be able to sing my way out. — David Stenn

Thirty-two coups d'etat are enough. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide

When in doubt, do what they do in books, was one of Gabriel's secret mottos and - that rarest of things - a principle that he actually lived by. — Jean-Christophe Valtat

If I were in their place, I'd fall over myself. — Jean-Paul Sartre

This is what I grew up on in Alsace. It's choucroute. I'd wake up every morning with the smell of cabbage and potatoes and pork. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. — Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Oh God, now she couldn't remember why she'd ever left him. She needed him. More than air or sunlight and beaches, definitely more than garlic. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Ideas make their way in silence like the waters that, altering behind the rocks of the Alps, loosen then from the mountains upon which they rest. — Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigne