Herbert Spencer Quotes
All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to conditions. This is true of everything that lives. Does a shrub dwindle in poor soil, or become sickly when deprived of light, or die outright if removed to a cold climate? it is because the harmony between its organization and its circumstances has been destroyed.
Quotes to Explore
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' – instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'
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I gain strength from postive thought and from the daily conversation with God.
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Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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I love animals, and I feel more of a connection to animals than people.
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Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
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I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.
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I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.
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Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.
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My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose cycling to lose weight. I was only eight at the time, so I just followed what my mum did.
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We've all seen 'Jewing it up' performances. They are about as miserable to watch as as 'camping it up' performances when representing gays.
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Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15.
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One of the most difficult of the philosopher's tasks is to find out where the shoe pinches.
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A veces lo que deseo y lo que no deseo se hacen tantas concesiones que llegan a parecerse.
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I live, to get out of what I live through.
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The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.
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We must not think, 'Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may rest on this knowledge.' The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light.
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Only once did I make Shireen sit down with me for a formal interview. She talked about the need to rebuild what she called "the culture of resistance" that she remembered experiencing during the Second Intifada, but which had since evaporated, replaced by a dull consumerist individualism, by "this illusion that if I forget about Palestine, build a career, take a loan, buy a car, build a house, watch Arab Idol on TV, it's all be okay; that if they're not raiding *your* house, you're okay." In a culture constructed around a shared goal of liberation, she said, "my house is your house and your son is my son and if they kill me today they will kill you tomorrow.
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All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to conditions. This is true of everything that lives. Does a shrub dwindle in poor soil, or become sickly when deprived of light, or die outright if removed to a cold climate? it is because the harmony between its organization and its circumstances has been destroyed.
