Thomas Hobbes Quotes

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

Thomas Hobbes

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• When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

  

  Lance Burton
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• There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • World
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• I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
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• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
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• I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Life
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  • Style

• You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Life
  • Live
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• As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Security
  • Own

• It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Impossible
  • Conversation

• I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Guy
  • Technology

• It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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• There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

  

  Iris Chang
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• It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Crazy
  • Artist
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• Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Changed
  • Last
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• The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
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  • Cost

• As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted.

  

  Dan Simmons
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• It's kind of fun to be sexy.

  

  Tea Leoni
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• Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.

  

  I. M. Pei
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  • Beautiful
  • Something

• 'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.

  

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• Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.

  

  Barack Obama
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• Institutions should focus on educating against clashes of culture and the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • Culture
  • Peace
  • Focus

• Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

  

  Hafez
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• Mourning in America, Savage Love column, The Stranger, 15 November 2016

  

  Dan Savage
  • America
  • Savage
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• When you call people we you find it easy to be unfair to them, since you yourself are included in the condemnation.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • People

• That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

  

  Thomas Hobbes
  • Peace
  • Defense
  • Willing