Martin Buber Quotes
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.
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Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
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The magic of music is so strong, getting stronger, it should break any shackle of another art.
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I'm not a liar.
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I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.
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If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
