John Locke Quotes
Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
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So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
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The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
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I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.
