Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I have lived a carnal life.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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I've always imagined myself doing well, whatever I did.
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I want to make this world perfect.
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Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.
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If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
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I never look at my watch when I'm sketching!
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You have to be a champion in all facets of life.
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You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.
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I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy.
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When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.
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I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs.
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When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script.
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We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
