Pierre Bayle Quotes
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.
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There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
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You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.
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Each implementation of human effort, however minute the overall result may be, is summed up in the gesture of the sower - sometimes an awe-inspiring gesture.
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I have the easiest job in Hollywood, because I get paid to be me. What's the role? A milkman? 'Hey, I'm a milkman. Here's your milk.' 'Cut. Print.'
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We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world.
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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
