Irving Babbitt Quotes
When the element of conversion with reference to a standard is eliminated from life, what remains is the irresponsible quest for thrills.
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The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral - whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? I want to foster eulogy virtues when I'm in a yoga class or meditation session or any spiritual gathering. Especially if I'm lying in corpse pose. It just makes sense.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.
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When you're not finding the fairway, it's hard to be consistent. [Right now] I'm comfortable and I'm not so comfortable, if that makes sense.
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Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.
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The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials and above all of Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody, other than public lending institutions, except to the extent that they are publicly declared.
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When the element of conversion with reference to a standard is eliminated from life, what remains is the irresponsible quest for thrills.
