John Locke Quotes
Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.
Quotes to Explore
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Dave Chappelle is one of my comedic inspirations. His perspective is crazy, and he's super sharp.
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I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.
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I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas, never really city areas. We rode four-wheelers. We had pigs and ferrets. And creeks. We had a creek in my backyard. It was like 'Huckleberry Finn.'
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I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating.
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There are, of course, good happy endings as well as bad ones, but surely they are of a kind that in some way expresses happiness rather than glibly promises it.1.
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My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.
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I had always done theater during the entire six years I was with 'CSI: Miami.'
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All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.
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I'm still a fan at heart.
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I just want to be a good storyteller.
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My guilty pleasure is sugar.
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When I was thirty and perhaps forty, I did not want a wife. It was too much fun being single.
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One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.
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No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.
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Women tear each other apart.
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They will give us artificial intelligence, and tell us that this is the way to self-knowledge... instantaneous global communication... the way to mutual understanding... Virtual Reality... the answer to spiritual poverty. But that is only the way of the technician, the fact-mongerer, the information junkie, and the technological idiot.
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The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army.
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Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms
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When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him if he can see the slightest chance of creating an attack. Yet sound strategy often demands that you submit to the opponent's will so as to strengthen your weaknesses and get rid of defects in your game.
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Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically focuses on learning procedures to solve highly stereotyped problems. Professional mathematicians think a certain way to solve real problems, problems that can arise from the everyday world, or from science, or from within mathematics itself. The key to success in school math is to learn to think inside-the-box. In contrast, a key feature of mathematical thinking is thinking outside-the-box - a valuable ability in today's world.
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I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.
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For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying...
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Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.
