Paul Ricoeur Quotes
Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
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Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
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I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.
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Touch'd either the Passions of Rage or Grief to a Miracle.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.
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My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.
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Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn't exist. I don't even think the word 'gay' was in existence.
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Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
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If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
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I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.
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The will for the deed.
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My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.
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My owner is life and that's what I fight for.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.
