Sidney Hook Quotes
Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions.
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Cruelty is not a literary value.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.
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I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.
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What's really happening is that every bank in the country is experimenting with the blockchain and experimenting with bitcoin to figure out where the value is. For the first time ever, they're working hand in hand with startups. Banks are asking startups for help to build products.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.
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You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.
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I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.
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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projects. If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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I love to fish. You can go hours without anything happening, and all of a sudden a big blue marlin comes into the spread and it's cockpit chaos. My dream is to catch a grander, a 1,000 pounder.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like finding out that Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett, but he interviewed me at a college radio station before they broke and did Bleach. And then, like, about two years later, I was opening for Nirvana at these huge sports arenas.
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When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French.
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If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.
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Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
