Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'He was as great as a man can be without morality.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I've never been into monster movies, not my cup of tea.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'The goal is to make the music really a part of the skin of the film, and not be detached.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Music is never inherently funny!' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'For me, comic scores always have to have some melancholy in the background.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I played the piccolo in the 'Ides of March' and 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' score.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'That's the main lesson I've learned from working in the theater: respect the dramaturgy. I don't want to overwhelm everything with music.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Music has to deal with silence. Music has to deal with time.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I liked 'The Darjeeling Limited' very much. There was a melancholy about that film that I liked.' Read More Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Some films that I love, I love them also because of the music. 'Vertigo,' for example, is a movie where the music is doing 70 percent of the job.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'He was as great as a man can be without morality.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/18/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexis de Tocqueville: 'Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I've never been into monster movies, not my cup of tea.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'The goal is to make the music really a part of the skin of the film, and not be detached.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Music is never inherently funny!' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'For me, comic scores always have to have some melancholy in the background.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I played the piccolo in the 'Ides of March' and 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' score.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'That's the main lesson I've learned from working in the theater: respect the dramaturgy. I don't want to overwhelm everything with music.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Music has to deal with silence. Music has to deal with time.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'I liked 'The Darjeeling Limited' very much. There was a melancholy about that film that I liked.' Read More
Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Quote Meanings 3 11/17/23 Alexandre Desplat: 'Some films that I love, I love them also because of the music. 'Vertigo,' for example, is a movie where the music is doing 70 percent of the job.' Read More