Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.
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In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
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The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
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For the Amex, which has been casting around for a role for itself, microcaps fill a crucial void - a 'niche' that Amex officials feel has been neglected.
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The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
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I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.
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I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
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I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.
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The foundation of economic development is the acquisition of more productive knowledge.
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'When the root of your wrong is not from the heart, your wrong will make you to run to God the more.'
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If your life gets off to a rough start, just know this is helping you develop depth of personality and depth of character.
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But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
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I'm happy, so I just want to project that happiness through my music to make other people happy.
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You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.
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I've heard people on panels say, 'You must have a Web site. You need to tweet. Repeat the title of your book constantly,' and I just want to say, 'Shut up. Everything you're saying is wrong.' People will know instantly if your only motivation for tweeting is to sell books.
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For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.
