Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.
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The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.
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In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.
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I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
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Et maiores vestros et posteros cogitate.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
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I've known from a very early age that singing was what I was supposed to do. There was this unmistaken, undeniable passion within me to sing country music.
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My friends always joke that I run on batteries.
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The new government will have three major improvements. It is time to improve the economy in Taiwan.
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Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.
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There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That's obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions.
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Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.
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After a great loss, after a difficult victory, after suffering extreme trauma, she wished she could have some time to hibernate. Not two days. Two years. Some serious time to pull herself together. Why did life always have to roll relentlessly forward? Why was every victory or defeat followed by new works and new problems?
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How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
