David Chalmers Quotes
Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.
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I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.
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Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people.
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Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
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I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.
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The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.
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Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values.
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An utter and complete tyrant, her face only melted at Mass, a ritual she clearly loved.
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Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.
