Thomas Nagel Quotes
Any reductionist program has to be based on an analysis of what is to be reduced. If the analysis leaves something out, the problem will be falsely posed.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'
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You'll hear 'Hippie,' or, 'Get a haircut.' I like it. I think it's funny because they think we've never heard that before. So, like, good one.
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What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great.
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What's nice for me, having identified myself for years as being rather shy, is now, wherever I am, in public, there tends to be a friendly face who's pleased to see me, and I like that.
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I'm playing every day. I still want to win.
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Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.
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At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far.
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Economic engineering is about the design and analysis of frameworks for achieving specific economic objectives.
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Three features mark the Anglo-American system as different from all others. One is the extent to which our law is formed in litigation. Another feature is the way we conduct these cases: we pit antagonists against each other, to cast up from their struggles the material of decisions. A third- and largest in the public consciousness- is the trial by jury.
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I do love beauty. I love beautiful tilings. I grow orchids and collect butterflies. But when it comes to relationships, you have to find the person inside.
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He wanted her to lift her head at this moment. He wanted her to look him in the eyes and realize that he loved her. He wanted her to love him back.
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Any reductionist program has to be based on an analysis of what is to be reduced. If the analysis leaves something out, the problem will be falsely posed.
