Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
If anyone spends almost the whole day in reading...he gradually loses the capacity for thinking...This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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I think people thought I was crazy for leaving Mexico when I had any project I wanted falling at my feet. But I risked everything to come to Los Angeles, where no one knew who I was, and start all over again. It was a very hard step to take. However, it was the moment I thought it was right to take a risk in my career.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
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There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
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Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that we elected this doofus. He was a bright enough guy and sort of well-meaning. But he was about as prepared to be president of the United States as your goofy old uncle, you know, the one that memorises baseball statistics.
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Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
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When the time is right, I will do female-centric films.
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It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
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Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form the culture of the race.
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It was a carefree period and we took to it like genuine lowlife.
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Aillas groaned. 'Destiny could never be so unkind.'Suldrun said in a soft voice: 'Destiny doesn’t really care.'
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Buddhism … is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or 'loyal opposition' to the culture in which it is involved.
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I know how it's gonna be when I die. It's going to be no noise, you ain't going to hear people screaming. I'mma fade out.
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I’m so affected, that even my lungs are affected.
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The sad thing about the optimist is his state of mind concerning himself.
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My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.
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Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.
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Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
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If anyone spends almost the whole day in reading...he gradually loses the capacity for thinking...This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.
