John Locke Quotes
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.John Locke Nazareth
Quotes to Explore
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
Walker Percy -
Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
Laura San Giacomo -
A great painting is a great painting.
Larry Poons -
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
A. A. Milne
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
Aaron Yoo -
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
Manoj Bhargava -
By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
O. Henry -
I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
Edgar Ramirez -
I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
Barry Eisler -
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
Hamid Karzai
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I don't eat any red meat.
Taylor Momsen -
My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
Hansika Motwani -
It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
Lady Gaga -
What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.
Harrison Ford -
The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
Samuel Alexander -
It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
Vikram Patel -
I don't really go to clubs anymore. I'm actually quite settled. Living in Highgate with my dog and my husband and my daughter! I'm not a hell-raiser. But don't burst the bubble. Behind closed doors, for sure, I'm a hell-raiser.
Kate Moss -
Government, possessing the power to create and issue currency and credit as money and enjoying the right to withdraw both currency and credit from circulation by taxation and otherwise, need not and should not borrow capital at interest as a means of financing government work and public enterprises.
Abraham Lincoln -
I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, "Why are they all honking at me?"
Sandra Cisneros -
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.
John Locke Nazareth