John Locke Quotes
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I sometimes feel that the world is a very uncivilised place where it is meant to be at its most civilised. Where it's meant to be intellectual or artistic or compassionate, it isn't, and that makes me very angry.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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You look marvelous!
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.
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I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
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Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.
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You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you're focused on them.
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
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I just wanted to be different; I didn't wanna sound like anybody else.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
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It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
