Thomas Nagel Quotes
Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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The white man, in his press, is going to identify me with 'hate.'
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I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
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The poet is the priest of the invisible.
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With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.
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Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.
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Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into. The emotion of the reward of discovery, the feeling of righteous anger, the feelings of pathos and sadness, or sentimentality of being moved by something.
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I was learning that, even for a woman with power, the path was dotted with land mines—she's so ambitious. she's so aggressive. she's ruthless. 'Funny thing,' I used to say, 'a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.'
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Let us hold hands instead of let us hold kitchens. To say put our heads together and not put our parlors together. But it is not as simple as replacing words anymore. Ravan is gone. My hearth is broken.
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They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense.
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I think 'Bat Out Of Hell' will probably last forever.
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Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself.
