Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film.
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I am a Buddhist.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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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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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic disease to which the individual will succumb. It is as though he had a choice between different illnesses and led by unknown impulses selected one or other of them.
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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
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If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
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Acting is a form of confusion.
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I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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If ever you want to get rid of somebody you don't want to talk to, just mention God. They're out of there.
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Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film.
