Baruch Spinoza Quotes
[Believers] are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance.Baruch Spinoza
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
Sam Brownback -
I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
Mandy Patinkin -
If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
Ice Cube -
I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
Zach Braff -
I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
Bat for Lashes
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
Kate Reardon -
I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
Ian Williams Battles -
As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
Warwick Davis -
The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
Iris Apfel -
That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle.
Babasaheb -
It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
Maggie Hassan
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Pressure for the most part comes from this overarching concern that if I head into the election season without sufficient resources, then any outside group, any individual, any super PAC may choose to come in to my district and overwhelm it and take over the airwaves and control the debate.
Ted Deutch -
It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
Randee Heller -
I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid.
Laura Bell Bundy -
I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
Ednita Nazario -
I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
Ralph Stanley -
Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
Mackenzie Davis -
There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations….What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes, furnish recruits for the Army and Navy and bless the masters who either despise or oppress or combine both? The apathy that exists respecting Ireland is worse than the national antipathy they bear us.
Daniel O'Connell -
The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done.
Jane Roberts -
Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance.
Elizabeth Goudge -
Each time I did assignments or editorials, I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn't just about the clothes.
Herb Ritts -
[Believers] are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance.
Baruch Spinoza