Sam Harris Quotes
Religion has convinced us that there's something else entirely other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife.
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I love working the legislative process.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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I am trying to encourage kids to do something that isn’t yet on their mind because it is not in popular culture. Popular culture tells you 'music, music, sports, sports.' It neglects the importance of a STEM education.
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Your mind is like, oh my God, I know this is wrong, but your body just gives in.
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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.
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Religion has convinced us that there's something else entirely other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife.
