Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes
The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Africa has no future.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
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Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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I work with all these amazing voice actors that do a kajillion voices.
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Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
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I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.
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It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.
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Don't ever try to be somebody you're not.
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The paths by which people journey toward happiness lie in part through the world about them and in part through the experience of their own soul.
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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.
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The Rock: Michael Cole, Is that what you think? Michael Cole: I'll tell you what I think...The Rock: IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!
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The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.
