Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes
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At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.
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The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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It's quite an obscure notion for a kid, no? To want to be a curator. But even then, I knew that I would do this.
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Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.
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And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press End in what All begins and ends in - Yes; Think then you are To-day what Yesterday You were - To-morrow You shall not be less.
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By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed, By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned, By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.
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Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.
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I know it's not the '80s anymore, but the '80s are back with a vengeance. Get yourself some neon; whether it's a cute sneaker, a pump or a cross-body bag, add to your wardrobe a pop of neon.
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Oh, to live on Sugar MountainWith the barkers and the colored balloons,You can't be twenty on Sugar MountainThough you're thinking thatYou're leaving there too soon,You're leaving there too soon.
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One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn't like you. Especially when you don't know what you've done to deserve it.
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It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.
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I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.
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Look at nature with science as a lens. The rock swarms, the clod dances; the mineral is but the vegetable stepping down, and the animal an ascending plant; the man, a beast extended; and the angel, a developed human soul.
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Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.
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Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul to bind.
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Even logical positivists are capable of love.
