Thomas Nagel Quotes
If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
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Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations.
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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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There are two types of teachers. Those who tell you what you want to hear and those who tell you what you don't want to hear.
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It will affect our season, there's no doubt about it. And we're going to live with it, ... We're going to deal with it. And we're fortunate to have made some moves that will help us, regardless of what happens in the Kobe situation.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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O, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom?
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If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.
