Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
One should not be deceived: great spirits are skeptics ... Strength, FREEDOM which is born of the strength and overstrength of the spirit, proves itself by skepticism. Men of conviction are not worthy of the least consideration in fundamental questions of value and disvalue. Convictions are prisons.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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I love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort.
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I am a fiscal conservative.
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I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
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There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.
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One should not be deceived: great spirits are skeptics ... Strength, FREEDOM which is born of the strength and overstrength of the spirit, proves itself by skepticism. Men of conviction are not worthy of the least consideration in fundamental questions of value and disvalue. Convictions are prisons.
