Susanne Langer Quotes
Nature, as man has always known it, he knows no more. Since he has learned to esteem signs above symbols, to suppress his emotional reactions in favor of practical ones and make use of nature instead of holding so much of it sacred, he has altered the face, if not the heart, of reality.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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I had my group of friends, you know, like my real group of friends, and then I had, like, party friends.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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It's kind of nice to play somebody that isn't psychotic or half-machine or dead or dying or on a spaceship somewhere.
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Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
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We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote.
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If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.
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I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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No one can buy his share of 'clean air' in the market; one has to use communal mechanisms in order to deal with pollution.
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I have not been without battle. Bitter affliction was frequent Between me and my cousins. Frequent trials fell Between me and my fellow-countrymen. There was frequent contention Between me and the wretched.
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Respect was mingled with surprise,And the stern joy which warriors feelIn foeman worthy of their steel.
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To the rest of the Galaxy, if they are aware of us at all, Earth is but a pebble in the sky. To us it is home, and all the home we know.
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The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands.
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Nvidia, fuck you!
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Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna goWhen the whole thing's done.But no one knows for certainAnd so it's all the same to me.I think I'll just let the mystery be.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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Time alone is irreplaceable. Waste it not.
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The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
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Nature, as man has always known it, he knows no more. Since he has learned to esteem signs above symbols, to suppress his emotional reactions in favor of practical ones and make use of nature instead of holding so much of it sacred, he has altered the face, if not the heart, of reality.
