Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Politeness is a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.
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I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
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I've never had a cold Christmas, as I always spend it back home in Australia.
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You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.
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Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.
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What if I said that every photograph I made was set up? From the photograph, you can't prove otherwise. You don't know anything from the photograph about how it was made, really.
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Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different.
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I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.
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And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.
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The Nuclear Industry is conducting a war against humanity.
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There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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Hinduism with its message of ahimsa is to me the most glorious religion in the world.
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The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
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Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?
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I didn't grow up as a religious person under any sort of system or anything like that, I just felt like I've always been sort of intrigued by that - how it can make people's lives better - I mean, it's a powerful thing. So I was interested in thinking about that kind of stuff.
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When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.
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Here I am and there is my body dancing on glass.
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The only thing over which you have complete right of control at all times is your mental attitude.
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The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear alone. America needs a strong and effective U.N. I want to work with this new Congress to pay our dues and our debts. We must continue to support security and stability in Europe and Asia - expanding NATO and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with Japan, with Korea, with our other Asian allies, and engaging China.
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The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
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Politeness is a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.
