Rene Descartes Quotes
Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.
Quotes to Explore
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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I didn't have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.
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You can wear a beautiful black dress that you've maybe had for years, but if you wear a fun shoe, you can completely change it. Wear something different, something sexy, something strappy, or something with pom poms.
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The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, p. 461
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I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias.'
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Πρὸς κέντρα μὴ λάκτιζε.
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While it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided at all, and lie outside the realm of truth and falsehood. Whatever knowledge is attainable, must be attained by scientific methods; and what science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.
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Police do not belong in war zones.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.
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The truth is that nothing has to happen in order for you to feel good.
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Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.
