Richard Rorty Quotes
I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.
Quotes to Explore
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
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I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
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Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
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I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
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I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
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When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.
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What's important is the work that you're doing, not the country that you're in. I would much rather be in a play at the Royal Court than in Los Angeles making 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.'
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We are told that when Jehovah created the world he saw that it was good what would he say now...
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All my books are optimistic!
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I love Pittsburgh because it's a humble city. It's really grounded in its rich history and culture.
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I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.
