Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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I regret all of my books.
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Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be.
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The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This turf must be shared.
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All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle.
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I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who.
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
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From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.
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Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.
