Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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I was born in East Germany, before the wall came down. We sort of escaped, I guess. I grew up all over the place. Germany, London, back and forth between Minnesota and Germany. I was sort of an army brat, but not in the army.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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No country in the world is going to recognize that Ariel and Maaleh Adumim and Beit El are a sovereign part of Israel.
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.
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I love Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as well. They're all wonderful and they're very inspiring.
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Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure.
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In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars.
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Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.
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It was growing dusk, the blue hour when solid things take on a certain transparency and phantoms become palpable.
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A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.
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I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now.
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When was the last time you lost an argument?" He pretended to think about it. Then, leaning down, he whispered in her ear, "A few hours ago when you refused to stop the car and crawl into the backseat with me.
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Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.For one swallow does not makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
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Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
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If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom.
