Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
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In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.
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I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.
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I recognize that Hollywood is not about seniority. Often it's not even a meritocracy. It's about what you did yesterday. You have a couple of misses, and suddenly it's impossible to find a hit. So the swings are gigantic. But I've always understood it as such, and navigated it as such.
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Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing.
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
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Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.
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If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.
