Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes
Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love.In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me.
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I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way.
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The more I see of dogs, the more I like children.
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I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.
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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.
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Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of.
