Paul Bloom Quotes
If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?
Quotes to Explore
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I loved anything to do with animals from a very early age.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
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David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
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No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.
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You are human and fallible.
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The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us - there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.
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I'm not ashamed to look like a total idiot.
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If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?
