Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
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I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.
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Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.
