Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close his eyes and ears, but justify his logic at all cost.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
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Concussions happen. If not on every play, then they happen like every other, every third play, you know.
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I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
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Human nature is not simple and any classification that roughly divides men into good and bad, superior and inferior, slave and free, is and must be ludicrously untrue and universally dangerous as a permanent exhaustive classification.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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NETWORK - Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.
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The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me.
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If wishes were stories, beggars would read...
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I hope 'Bamboozled' will serve as a roadmap that will assist Republicans in reaching out to women, black and Latinos. I believe once minority groups open their eyes and are not afraid to see truth, they will choose the party of Lincoln.
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In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
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I watch 'The Voice' and 'American Idol,' and I sit in my Brookstone foot massager. It's so exciting at my house.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.
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I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.
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But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close his eyes and ears, but justify his logic at all cost.
