L.A. Paul Quotes
Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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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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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.
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In 1990, about 1 percent of American corporate profits were taken in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. By 2002, it was up to 17 percent, and it'll be up to 20-25 percent very quickly. It's a major problem. Fundamentally, we have a tax system designed for a national, industrial, wage economy, which is what we had in the early 1900s. We now live in a global, asset-based, services world. And we need to have a tax system that follows the economic order or it's going to interfere with economic growth, it's going to reduce people's incomes, and it's going to damage the US.
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I don't want people buying my records for this summer's hit. I want people buying them because they're interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future.
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I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.
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Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.
