Rene Descartes Quotes
Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we experience that we derive the greatest joy of which we are capable in this life from the same contemplation, even though it is much less perfect.
Quotes to Explore
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I'd like to be curvier.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.
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My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.
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Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.
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I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.
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I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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Militat omnis amans
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The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day.
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
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I've always been a fan of the VMAs, and I've always worked hard just to get a ticket to go to the VMAs.
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A new heart for a New Year, always!
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Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we experience that we derive the greatest joy of which we are capable in this life from the same contemplation, even though it is much less perfect.
