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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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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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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Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality. Working out, healthy bodies, organic food-they're all part of the same thing.
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The Fed should not be responding to the ups and downs of the markets, and it is certainly not our policy to do so. But when there are significant financial developments, it's incumbent on us to ask ourselves what is causing them.
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I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future.
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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.