Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Quotes to Explore
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
Carly Fiorina
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America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
Parker Palmer
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Wayne Gretzky
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It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
Patrick Ness
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
Ieyasu Tokugawa
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When I was at 'SNL,' I would constantly get in arguments, 'Why aren't we more political? We're not going after Bush.' Then look what happened - that Sarah Palin season, they were on fire. It was about something.
Adam McKay
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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
Felicity Jones
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The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason, why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe.
Sam Harris
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If states do not act according to principles of justice, the injustices they perpetrate will harm not just other states but ultimately also their own national interest.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
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I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.
Chris O'Dowd
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Study what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. It'll be one great adventure.
David Gerrold
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This shows how much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Benjamin Disraeli
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I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.
Paul Auster
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I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.
Ang Lee
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If you're feeling stressed or anxious and you don't know why, ask yourself: What little thing led me here? Recently, I canceled on a friend because I was tired. I went to bed feeling stressed out, and I realized, I feel bad because I canceled.
Gabrielle Bernstein
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A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.
Arthur Schopenhauer
