Gaston Bachelard Quotes
For in the end, the irreality function functions as well in the face of man as in the face of the cosmos. What would we know of others if we did not imagine things?
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I come from nothing, and growing up, I really didn't have many people to inspire me, at least no good people to inspire me.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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Sometimes justice is at its most merciful when it's blind.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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The mind of your own enemy, the pupil, is working away from you, as keenly and eagerly as is the mind of the commander on the other side from the scientific general. Just what the respective enemies want and think, and what they know or do not know, are as hard things for the teachers as for the general to find out.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Fifteen percent of Russia badly polluted.
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All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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For in the end, the irreality function functions as well in the face of man as in the face of the cosmos. What would we know of others if we did not imagine things?
