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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I think that this industry in particular is so fast-paced that you keep saying, 'I'll take vacation later.' Sometimes later never comes. I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.
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And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.
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We've got to continue to find ways to honor our 25 million veterans that have served our country with such honor and distinction.
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The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.
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My parents weren't stereotypical and pressuring me to go to college. They mentioned it a lot and constantly, but it wasn't a do or die thing, like, 'You have to do this or you're done.
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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.
