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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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I dont ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after East Is East and Bend It. – Archie Panjabi

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I dont have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell. – Leona Lewis

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Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasnt really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didnt have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous. – George Thorogood

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Its not my goal to be a famous actor. – Gavin DeGraw

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Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities – thats training or instruction – but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed. – Thomas Moore

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