M. Scott Peck Quotes
Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Just for the record, I personally do agree with some of the sentiments of Rabbi Meir Kahane. I think he was right about certain things, wrong about other things, but I have absolutely nothing, no association whatsoever with Kahane Chai leaders.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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I have no message.
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For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature.
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My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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I love the Beatles.
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I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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A person who knows but a little will put on an air of knowledge. This is a matter of inexperience. When someone knows something well, it will not be seen in his manner.
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Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.
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Basically I hate categorical labels. As a young artist I already was very clear about this - that 'objectification' is not the final aim of art. For there are greater things than the object. The greatest thing is the human mind.
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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. Jim Morrison
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For me, democracy must deliver a better life for the people.
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I'm not one for sitting around listening to my own music, because I tend to cringe and think that I could have done better. I also suffer from red light syndrome quite a lot. I tend to narrow my thinking when the red light goes on to record. Instead of just relaxing and playing and emoting, I think of time being wasted so I won't take a chance on something. Consequently, when I hear it back, I think, "Why the hell did I play it so safe on that piece of music when I could have really opened up?" Well, it's because of not wanting to make a mistake.
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Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.
