Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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While studying at Barcelona, Ignatius was in doubt whether, after completing his studies, he should enter some Religious Order, or go from place to place, according to his custom. He decided to enter upon the religious life.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.
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After that it took me a little bit to get back on track.
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Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
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As financial market players know, advantage comes from reacting to news first. The same thing is true for all companies. When you start the conversation, you are recognised as someone who is plugged into the marketplace of ideas. If you talk about an idea early, you naturally get more exposure because the threads of conversation stem from what you have said. If you're in late you get lost in the cacophony.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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We feel and know that we are eternal.
