Thomas Nagel Quotes
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
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You can't really plan for how that training session or competition is going to go. You have to see what your horse is giving you to work with, and then you tailor all your training around that.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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Doing something for Victoria's Secret would be great - I love Doutzen Kroes. She's so special to look at but seems like a very normal person. She's true to herself - that's important to me.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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Liberal redistributionists in favor of heavy taxation place less weight on incentive than do small-government conservatives.
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Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
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I have no intention of running for office again.
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Like any relationship, a marriage does take work.
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Basically you’ve got to be yourself, and just three or four percent larger than life, that is it. That is my belief. That is if you have it, if you are successful. If you go a little over the top, then you are arrogant and pompous.
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If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials and instead have seven out of 10 instead failing, that is a major victory for drug discovery and for people having better therapy.
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Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
