William John Locke Quotes
What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified.
Quotes to Explore
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
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Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man.
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In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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Something similar is still true of the courses followed by manifold intuitions which together make up the unity of one continuous consciousness of one and the same object.
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Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.
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It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.
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Everybody knows now that Marie Lightfoot, the true crime writer, is dating Franklin DeWeese, the state attorney of Howard County, Florida. They know I'm a white woman; they know he's a black man. That's not news anymore.
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I saw the Vibe article, but I don't really comment on that because I know it's not true.
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Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.
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The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true.
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And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.
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It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false.
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True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."
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In the soul one part naturally rules, and the other is subject, and the virtue of the ruler we maintain to be different from that of the subject; the one being the virtue of the rational, and the other of the irrational part. Now, it is obvious that the same principle applies generally, and therefore almost all things rule and are ruled according to nature.
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We all make mistakes, we all have fears, and we all have weaknesses. Behind all that is our essential self. When our essential self has made contact with another, the light is dazzling and would fill the universe. The challenge of enchantment is to remain faithful to that light, to believe in it when it is not so apparent. Then that light becomes an incandescent glow and it wraps itself around everything.
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I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.
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What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified.
