Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Philosophy of religion … really amounts to … philosophizing on certain favorite assumptions that are not confirmed at all.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy.
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A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.
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The real essence of work is concentrated energy.
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I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.
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I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.
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Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.
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What fascinated my imagination was the tremendous feat, which I felt I should be perfectly able to accomplish.
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I touched her thigh and death smiled
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I smiled at him but knew it did not reach my eyes. I smiled because he smiled at me, more reflex than emotion. Inside I was nothing. It was a little like being in shock. Shock is nature's insulation, the thing that shuts you down so you can heal, or sometimes so you can die without hurting, or being afraid...
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All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself.
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The world has a truly historic pope in Francis.
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When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
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For 'Hercules,' I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you're playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.
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I'd say it ["I Can't Drive 55"] has probably been the most successful song I've ever been involved with, including any Van Halen songs.
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Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky.
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I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.
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If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse.
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Philosophy of religion … really amounts to … philosophizing on certain favorite assumptions that are not confirmed at all.
