Edward John Carnell Quotes
Too often faith is used as an epistemological device to avoid the hard labor of straight thinking.Edward John Carnell
Quotes to Explore
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Sallust -
Katie Holmes is really amazing.
Bailee Madison -
Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
Dan Scanlon -
I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.
Taylor Swift -
In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.
Dan Hill
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Most victims of ISIL are, in fact, Muslims. So it seems to me that to refer to ISIL as occupying any part of the Islamic theology is playing on a - a battlefield that they would like us to be on. I think that to call them - to call them some form of Islam gives the group more dignity than it deserves, frankly.
Jeh Johnson -
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have of doing that is just consistently working with great directors.
Matt Damon -
If you're in Hollywood, with no track record, it's pretty odds-on that you can get swamped and overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all; particularly with the intense commercial push that you feel there.
Lenny Abrahamson -
The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself.
James Altucher -
Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.
Eileen Caddy
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Katy Perry's politics I could probably do without, though I have friends who have interacted with her that say she's very nice.
Arthur Ashin -
I think L.A. is impossible. There's just too much media focus. You can't live a normal life.
Brad Pitt -
Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
Leigh Steinberg -
Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for. Slowly but surely, it became clear that the last thing I was interested in was freedom. Because if you're going to be free, you have to be free from something.
Anthony Braxton -
With random urinalysis, there's a clear choice - either get high or go to jail.
Brian Baird -
The musical based on my life would most likely be called 'Something Fabulous.' 'Something Fabulous' - that's a great title!
Megan Hilty
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Remember, Mr Sharpe, an officer's eyes are more valuable than his sword!
Bernard Cornwell -
I think the word 'progressive' is a very devious term. It was created as a substitute for 'communist.' What they propose is the reverse of progress.
Jon Voight -
When I look at what a writer owes to the reader, it's critical to know that everything you're writing about is not made up in your head. I feel that unless you can document and be certain about what it is that you're writing about, the reader is going to lose faith in your own integrity.
Doris Kearns Goodwin -
Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful Land Of Nod.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.
William Hurt -
Too often faith is used as an epistemological device to avoid the hard labor of straight thinking.
Edward John Carnell