Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Thinking of possibilities is like driving a car on a freeway. You have an open road that stretches endlessly before you where your thoughts are not shackled. But when we say 'impossible,' we have already reached a dead-end in our minds. So dwell on possibilities to open up your horizon.
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I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to.
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A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians
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Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.
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You actually can’t understand American history without understanding slavery.
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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Demosthenes: Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvellous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly.
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If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?
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It's easy to get carried away with yourself.
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Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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I am very down to earth and practical.
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'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.
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But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.
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The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.
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If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?
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History is one long chain of reflections. Hegel also indicated certain rules that apply for this chain of reflections. Anyone studying history in depth will observe that a thought is usually proposed on the basis of other, previously proposed thoughts. But as soon as one thought is proposed, it will be contradicted by another. A tension arises between these two opposite ways of thinking. But the tension is resolved by the proposal of a third thought which accommodates the best of both points of view. Hegel calls this a dialectic process.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality.
