Rene Descartes Quotes
Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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There is always something funny going on between scenes with Adam Sandler. He's always cracking jokes and yelling at people for no reason. It's pretty funny. He'll joke around during scenes, too. When he guest-starred on 'Jessie,' there was nothing in the script that he said first take.
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I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night.
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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Where the bricks are fallen We will build with new stone Where the beams are rotten We will build with new timbers Where the word is unspoken We will build with new speech There is work together A Church for all And a job for each Every man to his work.
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Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.
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Normally, when one passes someone on the street who is in pain, one either tries to help him, or one simply looks the other way. With a photo there's no human decision; you're not there; you can't turn away; you simply gape. It's a form of voyeurism.
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.
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I painted billboards above every candy store in Brooklyn.
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I'm the most awkward person in the world, but onstage, I'm completely fine. I could run around in a thong and not care.
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The quarterback gets plenty of protection in the pocket, and he picks up protection out of the pocket; he's got protection down the field on his slides.
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I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge.
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It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp...Then I'd find another one.
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Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.
