Jacques Maritain Quotes
The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
Abel Ferrara
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
J. A. Konrath
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
J. Christopher Burch
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But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.
Daisaku Ikeda
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
Barry Ritholtz
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
Xavier Dolan
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I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.
Kat Dennings
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Oprah Winfrey
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
Samuel Butler
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
Pankaj Mishra
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
Patrick Stewart
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
Dada Vaswani
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
Wendell Berry
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
Madeleine Stowe
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If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
Yayoi Kusama
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My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
Fat Joe
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler
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A third of our food comes from pollinating plants.
Louie Schwartzberg
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I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.
Gabby Douglas
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I thought I was half white or something because I only know white people as Ferguson as their last name.
ASAP Ferg
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I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.
Paul Auster
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The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.
Jacques Maritain