Etienne Gilson Quotes
If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the fundamental concepts of any particular science for those of metaphysics.
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My favorite wrestler growing up was Dean Malenko. He was a very technical wrestler, and when I trained with Shawn Michaels, he wasn't that kind of a technical wrestler. So, when I finally met Regal in 2001, he was that kind of a wrestler, and all of a sudden, I could ask him things, and he would know what I was talking about and how to do it.
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The night had passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded - and devoured - by a black flame.
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I'm thankful For the blessing And the lessons that I've learned with you By my side.
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... every dog is allowed one bite.
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I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround.
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All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.
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You lose your immortality when you lose your memory.
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The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.
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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
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A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.
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People are, in the confines of their own apartments, becoming Magellans of the interior world and reaching out to this alien thing and beginning to map it and bring back stories that can only be compared to the kind of stories that the chroniclers of the New World brought back to Spain at the close of the 15th century.
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The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
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I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.
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If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the fundamental concepts of any particular science for those of metaphysics.
