Paul Kurtz Quotes
The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good life, but it is by the cultivation of the virtues of intelligence and courage, not faith and obedience, that we will most likely be able to do so.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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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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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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I was actually deputy headboy at my school. And everyone around me was very supportive of what I wanted to do. There's no romantic story about how me and my brother got to where we are.
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Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.
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Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.
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My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.
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... far be it from a Frenchman to interfere with love.
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Seeing what you want from life from the inside out, rather than from the outside in, is the most important thing.
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Some writers just write about their own lives. Well, I don't want to do that. I want to have a really boring life. A quiet, boring life so no one wants to write a biography. I'm the only writer in history only to have one wife, for instance.
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You emphasize morality. But the ultimate basis of morality is survival. What promotes survival is good; what induces mortifaction is bad.
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The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good life, but it is by the cultivation of the virtues of intelligence and courage, not faith and obedience, that we will most likely be able to do so.
