Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
There are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?
Quotes to Explore
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Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
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The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
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I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.
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One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining - intentionally hindering a colleague's success, reputation, or relationships.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.
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My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.
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Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.
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There are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?
