Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes
Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets.
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The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.
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The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
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Lincoln movie had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with holding a mirror up to the way we conduct our business on Capitol Hill. This was meant to be a story, a Lincoln portrait if you will. I think any time is the right time for a very compelling story, any time.
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Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.
