David Hume Quotes
The conclusion of the essay 'Of the Protestant Succession' shows me a Whig, but a very sceptical one.
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The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
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When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.
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I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'
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The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear.
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In 50 years - or 20 years, or 200 years - our current epistemic horizon (the Big Bang, roughly) may look as parochial as the horizon Newton had to settle for in his day, but no doubt there will still be good questions whose answers elude us.
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'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live. We're distanced by the nature of the society we inhabit from a normal human reaction.
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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
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Good movies are what I wait my whole life for.
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I believe that change keeps you young.
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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto.
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The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.
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The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.
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I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.
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The conclusion of the essay 'Of the Protestant Succession' shows me a Whig, but a very sceptical one.
