Herbert Spencer Quotes
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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Too often, the air conditioners we use to cool down also contribute to climate change - the very force that's fueling extreme heat.
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Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.
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Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.
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I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.
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We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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If the government can round up someone and never be required to explain why, then it's no longer the United States of America as you and I always understood it. Our enemies have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They have made us become like them.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but the endless, tameless pilgrimage of hearts.
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L'offenseur ne pardonne jamais.1
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Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?
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There’s a whole psychological reason for those cartoons about good against evil. We have "Superman" and all those other hero people, so that we can go out into life and try to be something. I’ve got most of Disney’s animated movies on video-tapes, and when we watch them. Oh, I could just eat it, eat it. […] Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio, Mickey Mouse – these are world-known characters. Some of the greatest political figures have come to the United States to meet them.
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Inside every anarchist is a failed dictator.
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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.
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The way I go about choosing roles is basically by just trying to pick the complete opposite of the last thing I did, or if it has someone else who I really have wanted to work with.
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When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
