Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.Arthur Schopenhauer
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
W. Bruce Cameron -
Life is made up of marble and mud.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
Ian Watson -
September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
Hamza Yusuf -
I am extremely lucky that I have a husband who is so supportive. He's not in the slightest bit jealous or worried about the things I do in certain scenes.
Malin Akerman -
We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
Randi Weingarten
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Victor Hugo -
We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.
Ian Goldin -
I realised I'd been spoiled at Liverpool. We were used to winning. In Italy I grew up as a person. I didn't enjoy the football, mind. It was very defensive, but I became a better player because of the work I had to do around the box. Off the pitch, I learned about what to eat and what to drink to be successful, and I learned about life.
Ian Rush -
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
Lady Gaga -
I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
Bassem Youssef -
People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
Salva Kiir Mayardit
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As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.
Patrick Stewart -
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they were segregated; it was in Vietnam that American integration happened in the military - and it wasn't easy.
Karl Marlantes -
When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.
Tamara Mellon -
Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
Nancy Cartwright -
In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.
Rick Scott
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If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
James Allen -
Your intelligence doesn't override your desire to destroy yourself.
John Darnielle -
He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.
Plato -
Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.
Mahatma Gandhi -
To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.
Arthur Schopenhauer