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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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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Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
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When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
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But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.
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I feel a little bit like a drill sergeant sometimes. Some elements of my personality, as a parent, I'm not real crazy about.
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Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
