Baron d'Holbach Quotes
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
Frances Burney
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
Kate Beckinsale
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
Nathalie Sarraute
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When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.
Gary Zukav
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
Barbara Walters
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
Dallas Roberts
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
Gabriel Medina
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
Lao Tzu
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Nate Parker
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I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.
J. Christopher Burch
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
Ednita Nazario
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
Abdus Salam
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
Mandy Moore
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
Walter O'Brien
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
Kat Graham
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
Faith Prince
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Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture.
Bill Cunningham The Box Tops
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Modern mass culture, aimed at the 'consumer', the civilisation of prosthetics, is crippling people's souls, setting up barriers between man and the crucial questions of his existence, his consciousness of himself as a spiritual being.
Andrei Tarkovsky
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I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.
Scarlett Thomas
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It is true that the successful quest for wisdom might lead to the result that wisdom is not the one thing needful. But this result would owe its relevance to the fact that it is the result of the quest for wisdom: the very disavowal of reason must be reasonable disavowal.
Leo Strauss
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
Baron d'Holbach