Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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I'm an old trial lawyer.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
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I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop.
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The problem is that when you grow absolutely certain that all authorities are corrupt, then that would include the Palestinian authorities as well.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
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You keep only what you give...to Him.
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Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.
