Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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I don't like possessions.
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I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.
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I try to do my best.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.
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I was 16 when I started modelling. It wasn't planned, but nothing in my life has or ever will be planned.
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Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.
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I just like playing people.
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After I completed the project for BCG, I was offered the position of Director of Marketing for Ozon.ru.
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AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
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I have two dream roles: One would be a biopic of someone I admire and respect and the other one would be some sort of action drama film similar to a 'Bourne Identity.' I just really want to do an intelligent action drama film.
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Flying is absolute freedom. I know the feeling of flying from various aircraft. But there was always something surrounding me that I had to control. As Fusion Man, it's like I am naked, I only have the wings that carry me. It's like a dream.
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Kenny King, his character on TV is him.
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Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures.
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Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.
