Rene Descartes Quotes
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?Rene Descartes
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When I go back to New York all these years later, I'll walk down Seventh Avenue, and I'll hear, 'Yo, Oz!' In New York, I get recognized for that all the time.
J. K. Simmons -
We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
Barbara Jordan -
I was an English major in college!
Maggie Siff -
I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
Nalo Hopkinson -
Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
Zach Galifianakis -
The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.
Gary Calamar
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
Jackie Collins -
In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
Irrfan Khan -
When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
Fetty Wap -
We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.
Pat Williams -
That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head.
Tatiana Maslany -
I believe in content, and I go accordingly.
Mahesh Babu
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I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.
Ace Frehley Kiss -
I know it's illegal trespassing, but I don't think it's wrong.
Ingrid Newkirk -
Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
Ingrid Newkirk -
We see what we have always seen. If it seems, it is.
Tanith Lee -
But then again of course I know perfectly well that He can't be used as a road. If you're approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you're not really approaching Him at all.
C. S. Lewis -
Non ho scritto neppure la metà delle cose che ho visto.
Marco Polo
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The meaning is in the waiting.
R. S. Thomas -
A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.
Jeffrey Kluger -
I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.
Nate Lowman -
What I have learned over hundreds of campaigns is if you have lost voters who have supported you in the past, you can get them back. If you never had them, it is a very difficult sell.
Bob Beckel -
You don't have to forego education to do anything. Even if you want to go to the NBA, you should read.
D.A. Wallach -
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Rene Descartes