David Hume Quotes
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
Harrison Birtwistle -
Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
Foster Friess -
If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
Walter Kirn -
Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
G. Willow Wilson -
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
Tariq Ali -
'The Moon Rabbit' is laying against the bunker, dreaming and thinking about life and dreaming the impossible possible and creating its own true stories.
Florentijn Hofman
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
Ted Cruz -
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
Jack Dee -
I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
Kate Winslet -
In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more like Russia: a kleptocratic society.
Gary Shteyngart -
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
Jack Youngblood
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
Washed Out -
Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
Jaclyn Smith -
I started running, and I hated it. Of course, everyone hates running for the first mile. If you're running two miles or twenty miles, it always hurts. Now I live it. I look forward to it. It's really good. It clears my head.
Pamela Anderson -
All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.
Ban Ki-moon -
I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.
Park Geun-hye -
We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one.
Ian Williams Battles
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For many people who were never religious or who leave the religion of their childhood behind, it's the experience of having children of your own that brings an urgency to the question of what you believe.
Krista Tippett -
'We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world'
Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day -
An angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.
Thomas Aquinas -
China has had a long and complex history and has managed to evolve its own culture for 4,000 years. It therefore not necessarily true that we know exactly what is best for the internal structure of China.
Henry Kissinger -
When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.
Billy Sherwood Yes -
Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.
David Hume