Alvin Plantinga Quotes
One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.
Quotes to Explore
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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The first sentence of a book is a promise.
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It turns out that globalisation, while promising sameness through brand-name consumption, was fostering, through uneven economic growth, an intense feeling of difference.
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Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.
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'From what I’ve read,' I said to him, 'the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.'
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Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.
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The way the tour has developed has been as good an example of that as you would like to see.
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I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other.
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I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.
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To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
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The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born.
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Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.
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I don't think I've ever worn anything other than black jeans and shirts. Quite simple, really, and quite casual.
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I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
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Do what's in front of you as well as possible. Keep going until you realize what you're best at.
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I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.
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I don't think Julia Roberts is as innocent as her image suggests. You have to be a really smart cookie to create an image as clean and pure and on-the-money as hers.
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One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.
