Jordan Peterson (Jordan Bernt Peterson) Quotes
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I have selective hearing.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find out that you're not because you're not really hurting. But when it's real love, then it's gonna hurt. It's supposed to hurt because it's real.
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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When I started selling air conditioners early on, customers were willing to pay an extra 200 yuan to buy from Suning. Why? Service was good.
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I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.
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Like any bully, Putin only picks fights that he is sure he can win. History tells us that sooner or later, he will become so overconfident, so accustomed to his opponents folding their cards against his weak hand, that he will overstep, potentially resulting in a catastrophe on a global scale.
Garry Kasparov -
I've tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.
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Like a human being, each word has a story. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today and how it has changed along the way.
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Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.
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It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.
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I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously and I find I have to really want to do the project to make it work because you have to put such an enormous amount of effort into it.
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If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!
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What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of... international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates whether it has any relevance or should be respected?
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The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
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Position yourself to succeed first by building good relationships with the right people; and then put your effort and expertise behind that!
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Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; Filths savour but themselves.
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The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.
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When you know that the snake is in you – that's wisdom.
