Helen Keller Quotes
Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important. . . The knowledge doesn't make life any sweeter or happier, does it?
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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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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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot.
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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A lot of people really like to answer questions, and they really enjoy sharing their knowledge. Especially people who have valuable knowledge.
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I think space exploration is very important. I think there is very intelligent life on Mars. I believe that Martians are spying on us from the bottom of the ocean.
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I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.
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Let me close by bearing witness (and my nine decades on this earth fully qualify me to say this) that the older I get, the more I realize that family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness.
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Wearing the right thing, at the right moment, could actually change your life.
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Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important. . . The knowledge doesn't make life any sweeter or happier, does it?
