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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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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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?
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Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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The Boss: The State’s your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies that by word or deed.
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Experience is a question of instinct about life.
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I knew Dana White as a good guy, a good square guy.
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I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.
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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?
