Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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Actors can't retire. What would they do?
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Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
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I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners.
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I don't want to get fat.
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Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
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I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
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More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.
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For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.
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Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached.
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There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.
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I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.
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The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.
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No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
