Peter Singer Quotes
Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we shall end.Peter Singer
Quotes to Explore
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They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
J. D. Salinger -
Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
G. Stanley Hall -
All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
Hannah Simone -
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.
Dana Perino -
When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
Zach Anner -
I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
Val McDermid
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
Kate Beckinsale -
Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
J. B. Pritzker -
When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
Maggie Gallagher -
Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
G-Eazy -
In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
Ze Frank -
The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
Valerie Jarrett
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I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.
Paolo Sorrentino -
But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
Dan Simmons -
Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.
Bear Bryant -
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
Tatyana Tolstaya -
Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.
Vera Farmiga -
I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.
Warren Littlefield
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
Eartha Kitt -
There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.
Matthew Ramsey Old Dominion -
I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception.
G. E. M. Skues -
Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we shall end.
Peter Singer