Baruch Spinoza Quotes
. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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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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'Deadwood' was a magical experience. It was an absolute culmination of everything I've ever wanted to do as an actor as an artist, and I was enormously proud to have been involved with it.
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You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, 'You know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.'
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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.
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It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it.
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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.
