Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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• Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Character
  • Success
  • Way

• Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.

  

  Ralph Lauren
  • Great
  • Women
  • Look

• The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Long
  • War
  • Nuclear Weapons

• I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.

  

  Eamon de Valera
  • Up
  • War
  • Feeling

• On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

  

  Candace Parker
  • School
  • High
  • Reality

• 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.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Myself
  • Learn
  • Criticism

• What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Job
  • Food
  • Cool

• Reverence is fatal to literature.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Literature
  • Reverence
  • Fatal

• I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Guy
  • Want
  • Hands

• I'm completely in love with the idea of love.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Love
  • Idea
  • Completely

• When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.

  

  Gary Jennings
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Book

• Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Time
  • Why
  • Violence

• When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.

  

  Dak Prescott
  • Time
  • Reality
  • Small

• Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Home
  • Age
  • Independent

• Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Guy
  • Unique
  • Same

• My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • Sexy
  • Comfort
  • Too Much

• With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Dream

• The first sentence of a book is a promise.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Book
  • Promise
  • First

• Life is the dance between what you desire most, and what you fear most

  

  Anthony Robbins
  • Life
  • Dance

• I'm meeting my obligations, somehow, always have, without ever truly working, without ever putting my shoulder to the wheel for the man. Of course I had to deal dope to do this!

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Deals
  • Meetings
  • Courses

• When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Love
  • Waiting
  • Find

• In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and so forth - I said to them, "Let's pretend that this is a place like Honolulu. Let's ignore the fact that all these other movies have been made here for decades and try to come at it with a fresh eye, as if it were an exotic city that people aren't that familiar with. And let's present our own view of it, create a world that's unique to this movie [L.A Confidential].

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • People
  • World
  • Trying

• Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

  

  Rick Mercer
  • Government
  • Democracy
  • Deserve

• Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Love
  • Faith
  • Forced