Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes
Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written.
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I used to live on a reserve, but I went back and forth between my reserve and Ottawa where my father lived, so I kind of had a double life growing up.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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Having the chance to walk at New York Fashion Week for Yeezy and Milan Fashion Week for Alberta Ferretti and Max Mara in a hijab is so significant. It sends a message to young women everywhere that you can be beautiful for just being you.
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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When I was working on my Ph.D., I developed a computer algorithm to look for rapid changes in populations' DNA. Our DNA changes constantly over generations, but if certain changes spread through a population more quickly than others, they are probably the beneficial results of natural selection. This is the protection we give ourselves to survive.
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For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
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I don't need to be married, but I feel married.
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Anyone who tries to make a living as a painter knows you can't lounge about waiting for inspiration to hit; nothing motivates like keeping a roof over your head.
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Le bon critique est celui qui raconte les aventures de son âme au milieu des chefs-d'œuvre.
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Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these commuters and see every possible face of humanity and realizing that you're just the same as these other people is actually an amazingly positive thing.
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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
