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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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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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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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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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 wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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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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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
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A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.
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I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.
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To me, Boise is a bigger game than USC. Boise has spoiled our party too many times. I think this is the year, and from now on, we should beat Boise. If everybody does what they're supposed to do, if everybody comes out on fire on offense, defense and special teams, there's no reason why Boise State should even be in the game.
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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.
