Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I want to be my own person.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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I want to do stories that inspire people.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
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The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America we require corporations to keep two sets of books, one for shareholders and one for the IRS, and the IRS records are secret. For publicly-traded companies, the British system would tend to align the interests of the government with the interests of the company because the company wants to report the biggest possible profit. Though, all wealthy countries have high taxes as wealth requires lots of common goods, from clean water to public education to a justice system.
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I guess a lot of comic-book adaptations strive for realism. Christopher Nolan is making Batman seem very real and very serious.
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I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.
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On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch -- engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.
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The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
