Daniel Bell Quotes
Nihilism, then, is the end process of rationalism. It is man's self conscious will to destroy his past and control his future. It is modernity at its extreme.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I don't think the way I portray mother's and son's relationships has anything to do with my age or generation. It has to do with what I lived with my own mother and what it's transformed into and the point of view it has given me on mothers and women. The way I was brought up with women. It's all about personal background.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it is nothing like it was in the long-ago past.
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'You were a Jesuit?''Franciscan. We run a close second in being pains in the ass.'
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Spring is very energising to me.
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Nihilism, then, is the end process of rationalism. It is man's self conscious will to destroy his past and control his future. It is modernity at its extreme.
