Rene Descartes Quotes
For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
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For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
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That is the meaning of the Trump brand - being the boss who is so rich and so powerful he can do whatever he wants. So the way in which he ran for president was to embody that idea as fully as he possibly could with his outrageousness.
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There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.
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Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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I have a dark room, and I still process film, but digital photography can be a totally lying kind of experience; you can move anything you want... the whole thing can't be trusted, really.
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I'll always be Chinese first. It probably isn't politically correct to say or something that the majority understands; I can change my shoes, I can swap my passport, but, I'll always have this face.
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I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.
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I didn't really have a favourite subject at school as I was useless at everything.
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For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?
