Baruch Spinoza Quotes
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.
Quotes to Explore
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.
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In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.
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Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business.
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I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?
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I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mean, it is the power of the stars. If we could bring that down to the laboratory and to the power plant on Earth, that would be an incredible thing.
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I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
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I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.
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A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
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The sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it.
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Or shall I go out as a light does, not first blown out by the wind, but grown tired and weary of itself - a burnt out light? Or finally, shall I blow myself out, so as not to burn out?
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Jane Austin was a complete and most sensible lady, but a very incomplete and rather insensible (not senseless) woman. If this is heresy, I cannot help it.
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It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.
