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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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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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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There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.
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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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I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say that it's important and probably crucial, but I wouldn't say that everyone has to have it.
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My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you.
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I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.
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The anything-goes passiveness of the religious and political Left is matched by the preachy moralism of the religious and political Right. The person who uncritically embraces any party line is guilty of an idolatrous surrender of her core identity as Abba's Child. Neither liberal fairy dust nor conservative hardball addresses our ragged human dignity.
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The conclusion of the essay 'Of the Protestant Succession' shows me a Whig, but a very sceptical one.
