Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.
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Awards don't really mean much.
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For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'
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Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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I hate competition.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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You will be amazed at how much free time you have when you never have to think about money.
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Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
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Sculpture, to me, is primitive, religious, passionate, and magical.
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Sed non in Caesare tantumnomen erat nec fama ducis, sed nescia virtusstare loco, solusque pudor non vincere bello.
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I write a lot of songs about my impressions from a man's point of view.
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Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.
