Sam Harris Quotes
There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.
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I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.
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I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.
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The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.
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Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'
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I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
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We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
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I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.
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Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.
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Some of the best writing I've done, whether I'm shooting a story or thinking of a script, I write it in my head as I'm running. Running literally jogs my brain.
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Morality is contraband in war.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
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I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.
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Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting wealth, the repression of women, inquisitions, castrating child choir singers, the denial of Santa Claus and the support of fascists in power.
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Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff.
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My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice.
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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
