#being

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#beings #enterprise #every #fellow #fellow human beings

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#being a man #forgive #i #make #man

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#ceases #desire #heard #his #knowledge

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#born #existence #human #human being #into

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#being #famous #i #imagined #jane

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me. ↗

— Darius Rucker

#anything #being #change #change things #end

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right. ↗

— William Ruckelshaus

#begin #being #best #best way #right

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#after #being #end #going #good

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#could #fail #fiction #fiction writer #i

People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

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