Nicholas of Cusa Quotes
Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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When a story is flying along, and I'm so into it that my 'real' world goes away, it can feel magical. I cease to be, my desk and computer ceases to be, and I am my character in his world. Psychologists call this a 'flow state,' and it's better than publication, money, awards, fame.
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Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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I have trouble actually describing myself because I’m always suspicious of people who start describing themselves. I’m like, 'OK, why are you trying to tell me what you are?'
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Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,It's a love story, baby, just say yes.
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Outside is pure energy and colorless substance. All of the rest happens through the mechanism of our senses. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings.
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I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
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With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity.
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Trust is built with consistency.
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Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.
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This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.
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The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the family a woman is born to. It is a desire to know and be known by someone who shares blood and body, history and dreams.
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Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.
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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
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Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.
