Isaiah Berlin Quotes
True knowledge is knowledge of why things are as they are, and not merely what they are.
Quotes to Explore
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
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I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.
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I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.
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A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.
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She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.
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I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.
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A man's task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn't much matter what else he finds.
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I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
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The first time I heard Sam Cooke was in the 'Malcom X' film. I was with my father, and that's the first time I heard his song. I remember my father telling me the story of Sam Cooke.
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True knowledge is knowledge of why things are as they are, and not merely what they are.
