David Berlinski Quotes
No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Here is a simple operational test: the chimpanzees invariably are the one behind the bars of their cages.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.
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The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nurtured our culture from time immemorial.
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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.
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Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center.
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I do not quote from the scriptures;
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We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.
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If youre going to spend two or three years of your life working on something, youve got to be making the kind of movie that discusses and influences the culture and is engaged in the world youre living in.
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Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me back into a shuttle - and no other astronaut. The confidence is shaken.
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A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.
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No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Here is a simple operational test: the chimpanzees invariably are the one behind the bars of their cages.
