Nicholas of Cusa Quotes
Through itself the soul arrives at all harmony that is perceptible in otherness-just as through what is internal the soul arrives at what is external.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flourish, and create good jobs for our people.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive.
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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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'Brotherhood: Homage to Claudius Ptolemy'
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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Unjust Cause: This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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The root of our psychological weakness was this: We socialists have never examined the problems of nations. The International was never concerned with it. The International is dead, paralyzed by events. Ten million proletarians are today on the battlefield.
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People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why; they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.
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And I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight.'
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Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no actual circle, no absolute magnitude.
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He had almost yielded, but not quite. He had not consented. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.
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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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Through itself the soul arrives at all harmony that is perceptible in otherness-just as through what is internal the soul arrives at what is external.
