Gaston Bachelard Quotes
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
Quotes to Explore
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
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Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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No man may make another free.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
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I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, this very morning, may begin a day of fascination, easily grander than any day in the past.
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Children who remember their past lives offer the most compelling evidence yet for reincarnation... when adults listen-really listen-to what the children are trying to say, their own understanding of spirit and of children are changed forever.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
