John Locke Quotes
Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.
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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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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.
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Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.
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There are going to be no devaluations, no leaving the ERM. We are absolutely committed to the ERM. It is at the centre of our policy. We are going to maintain sterling's parity and we will do whatever is necessary, and I hope there is no doubt about that at all.
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West Indian Test cricketers are among the top world cricketers in terms of pay and remuneration. They are not underpaid. They are easily in the elite of Caribbean skilled workers, earning millions of dollars after, let's say, a five-year period of regional representation.
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Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.
