Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes
We have here a question of difficulty, analogous to the question of nominalism and realism.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
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For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.
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Mean Streets dealt with the American Dream, according to which everybody thinks they can get rich quick, and if they can't do it by legal means then they'll do it by illegal ones.
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I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others.
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The power of psychedelics... is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime.
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We have here a question of difficulty, analogous to the question of nominalism and realism.
