Herbert Spencer Quotes
A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away. Thank God no one in the 'Evil Dead' family thinks that way.
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I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
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One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there are so few descriptions of Heaven, because most people can't really explain what it would be like beyond a couple of sentences, whereas Hell is quite often personal.
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If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.
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I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.
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The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on.
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There are three kinds of people-the living, the dead, and those at sea.
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Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) - and you’ll smile and receive smiles...
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If to serenade almost to man Is to miss, by that, things as they are, Say that it is the serenade Of a man that plays a blue guitar.
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There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
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The point of having nuclear weapons is to deter a war of any kind. They have succeeded in doing so for the past 37 years. To be an effective deterrent a potential aggressor must believe that under certain circumstances such weapons will be used.
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I, for my part, do not conceive an act as having causes, and I consider myself satisfied when I have found in it not its ‘factors’ but the general themes which it organizes: for our decisions gather into new syntheses and on new occasions the leitmotif that governs our life
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I think writers are born, not made.
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Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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A light broke in upon my brain, -It was the carol of a bird;It ceased, and then it came again,The sweetest song ear ever heard.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.
