Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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I can do whatever I want.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.
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Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.
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'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.
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I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman.
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I am not Dr. Ron Paul. I am not Dr. Ron Paul, Jr. I am not Dr. Ron Paul Lite.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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Capitalism may have all sorts of things that are good, but ultimately, it's bad for everyone.
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Glamour to the outside world is taking some sense of care in your appearance and should give you inner confidence. You can do a full on look or you can do a 'less is more' look but you want to have those components, those little things that are special to you.
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I'm wary of the new contactless ways of paying. The idea of paying with your phone is a little worrying: I have lost more than one over the years.
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I do believe in God. I don't believe in God as a person, but I believe in God as a state of energy and consciousness that we all share.
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The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.
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The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another.
