Daniel Dennett Quotes
The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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Women drive box office.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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I'll always be tough on myself.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.
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There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.
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If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.
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It's important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things.
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If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.
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For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.
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In the 21st Century, the anti-traditional marriage community is in league with the anti-life community, and together with the NAACP and other sympathizers, they are seeking a world where homosexual marriage and abortion will supposedly set the captives free.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
