Baruch Spinoza Quotes
. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Success is really about your mindset.
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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
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I'm not worried at all about going to 160 lb.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.
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You can't sit here and try to predict what kind of character I'm going to be drawn to next. At the time when I read 'The Girl on the Train,' it wasn't like I was, 'Ooh, I want to play a hot mess next.'
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't know how to say anything about the singles scene without slamming people.
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The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.
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Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
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To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.
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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.