Madame de Stael Quotes
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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I feel very, very blessed.
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I have a very small public.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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I'm so secluded. Very alone.
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I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.
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I am very blessed.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined 'free market' is the first step towards understanding capitalism.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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I'm hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
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My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will.
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You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.
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Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd.
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
