Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.
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We have to be careful not to look for confidence in the acceptance of others because true confidence only comes from knowing God.
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To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good.
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I began to realize that for two years my life had been a drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt.
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Society must fight against this belief in God as it fought against idol worship and other narrow conceptions of religion. In this way man will try to stand on his feet. Being realistic, he will have to throw his faith aside and face all adversaries with courage and valour. That is exactly my state of mind.
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It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
