Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others.
Quotes to Explore
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
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You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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Managers are the most creative people in the world.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. They always said that they had been married in past lives, too.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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This is not a political issue. I know Florida's leadership has talked about a real commitment to helping our veterans. Now it's time for them to show it.
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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
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It was not an adventure; it was my life.
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Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
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You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically.
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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious
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Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.
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Everything was meant to wind people up in Make It Big. I don't know why we had this great pleasure in winding people up, but we really did think they would get the joke. And it backfired on us.
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People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.
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For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others.
