Thomas Nagel Quotes
The external view of agency forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual erosion of what we do by the subtraction of what happens.Thomas Nagel
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
Ira Sachs -
I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
Taran Killam -
In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
Takashi Murakami -
The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
Camille Paglia -
I've pitched many things that have not gone, but every year, I'm in that pilot game like a lot of other writers in Hollywood.
Larry Wilmore -
When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.
Ted Lindsay
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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 -
'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
Orson Scott Card -
My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing and I was given lots of encouragement by a wonderful music teacher Mrs Ann Hill and by my parents who suggested I go to drama school.
Elaine Paige -
Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.
Lauren Bacall -
The burdens of being a head coach are different from being an assistant. If I had been an assistant coach for awhile, then become a head coach, I probably would have lasted longer.
Ara Parseghian -
I guess I'm bothered by how fans react to certain things and how they're interested in certain things over true talent. I've always appreciated talent over everything else.
Demetrious Johnson
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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
James A. Michener -
I was always interested in listening to music - and, of course, when my older brother brought home 'Heartbreak Hotel,' that was it.
Lindsey Buckingham -
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
Christy Turlington -
I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
Robert James Ritchi -
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.
Jarvis Cocker Pulp -
I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone.
Jane Asher
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If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.
Barack Obama -
The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war.
Elaine Pagels -
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt -
If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.
William Julius Wilson -
The external view of agency forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual erosion of what we do by the subtraction of what happens.
Thomas Nagel