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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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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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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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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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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Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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I die - but first I have possessed,And come what may, I have been blessed.
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It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.
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Sometimes I'm at home and I remember I'm supposed to do 100 push-ups and I don't.
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Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.
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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.
