C. D. Broad Quotes

Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we must start from them, and that we ought to depart from them only when we find good reason to do so.

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• Women are not all single-issue voters.

  

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• Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

  

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• Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.

  

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• I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.

  

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• The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

  

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• Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

  

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• You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.

  

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• I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.

  

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• What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.

  

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• It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.

  

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• In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.

  

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• We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

  

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• Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.

  

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• Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we must start from them, and that we ought to depart from them only when we find good reason to do so.

  

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