J. G. Holland Quotes
Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.
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Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I have celebrated widely. But we've fallen behind on savoring the formal layer of our language.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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Cash imposes a huge burden. We don't understand it, as it is not immediately visible. It is a huge burden on society.
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You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows.
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For Spinoza, an ethics and a politics follow directly from and are immanent in metaphysics; the better one understands the universe in its complexity, in the connections that link each thing to every other, the more adequate is one’s ethical relation in and to it. An ethics does not spring directly from our understanding of the world. Rather, it comes from our affective bonds to and connections with other things in the world, relations that enable us to enhance or diminish forms of life.
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Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.
