Johan Huizinga Quotes
History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.
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I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.
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Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
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People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.
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My imagination is a twisted place.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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The more you stay with and/or complain about a toxic person, the more you're merely delaying doing the important inner work you need to do - to heal your wounds, expand your limiting beliefs, and show yourself far more love and respect.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
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Well I have a drug history and a public drinking problem and I am not the healthiest guy. So they just ran that I died of a drug overdose.
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History will only ever be partial, to a large extent history tells us what we think should be remembered and what should be forgotten, I find that really problematic.
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Full nakedness! All joys are due to thee, As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, To taste whole joys.
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I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life.
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I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.
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History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.
