Baruch Spinoza Quotes
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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The major thing is to view biology as an information science.
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In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
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Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.
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That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.