Rene Descartes Quotes
If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it is by... chance that I arrive at the truth, and I shall still be at fault.... In this incorrect use of free will may be found the privation which constitutes the essence of error.Rene Descartes
Quotes to Explore
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
G. Willow Wilson -
I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
Vijender Singh -
There is no diplomacy like candor.
E. V. Lucas -
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
Kajal Aggarwal -
We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
Larry Dixon -
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
Adam Hamilton -
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
Vijender Singh -
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
Dane Cook -
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
Caio Fonseca
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Can America continue down the path President Obama is taking us on, to a time soon and certain when a majority of wage-earners pay no income taxes but a majority of citizens receive federal benefits?
Pat Buchanan -
If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
Yann Martel -
It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
Vincent Canby -
I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that's what's sort of exciting about it.
Inara George -
I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.
Katee Sackhoff -
My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.
Wayne Wonder
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It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.
Natalie Cole -
For personal use, I recommend the free and open-source Truecrypt, which comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Barton Gellman -
Violence is always an effort toward greater freedom or love. Openness is freedom and love. Even the most violent or self-destructive emotions are rooted in the heart's need for openness, to be free, to give and receive love.
David Deida -
Hamm: Can there be misery (he yawns) loftier than mine?
Samuel Beckett -
I think the real problem is it's easy to persuade young kids of particular kinds of ideas, because they are flexible.
Leroy Hood -
If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it is by... chance that I arrive at the truth, and I shall still be at fault.... In this incorrect use of free will may be found the privation which constitutes the essence of error.
Rene Descartes