Paracelsus Quotes
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
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Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
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How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
