Eric Voegelin Quotes
Gnostic politics is self-defeating in so far as its disregard for the structure of reality leads to continuous warfare.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
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I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.
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Everything doesn't happen for a reason, if by this we mean evil is a part of God's plan. But God does ensure that evil will not prevail and that light will always, ultimately, overcome the darkness. If we follow God's lead, our work is to push back the darkness.
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Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a person can't read or write, you don't assume that this person is incapable of it, just that he or she hasn't learned how to do it. The same is true of creativity.
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I actually have never been to a gym. I haven't had time. I have been working for the last 25 years. I just don't have time to put on a little outfit and go to the gym and work out and clean up and come home.
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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
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Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.
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No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
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Gnostic politics is self-defeating in so far as its disregard for the structure of reality leads to continuous warfare.
