Baruch Spinoza Quotes
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Truth is the best defense.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Drama as an art is quite unspeakable, although some old plays are admirable as a form of vulgar amusement.
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I most definitely would not buy the 'Daily Mail,' which pours a kind of livid torpor into the eyelids of the average Brit - I skimmed through a copy recently and couldn't believe the rubbish in it.
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People love having a home. People love going to their house and sleeping in their bedroom and having a conversation around the dinner table. You don't particularly think of that conversation as a private conversation; you just think of it as something that happened in your home.
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We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
