Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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• It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.

  

  Ian Axel
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• Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • You
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• We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.

  

  Damon Wayans
  • Children
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• Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

  

  Bai Ling
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• One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
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  • Period

• I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
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• Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.

  

  Dana Goodyear
  • Men
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  • Like

• Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.

  

  Walter Lang
  • God
  • Man
  • Creation

• I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.

  

  Pam Dawber
  • Up
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  • Independent

• My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Years
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• I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something. People will look up from their desks when you walk in. In L.A. it's, 'Oh yeah, that's a music school. What do you play?'

  

  Finn Wittrock
  • People
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• Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.

  

  Nathaniel Rich
  • Work
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  • Criticism

• Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
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• Ray Bradbury has a vacation house in Palm Springs, California, in the desert at the base of the Santa Rosa mountains. It's a Rat Pack-era affair, with a chrome-and-turquoise kitchen and a small swimming pool in back.

  

  Sam Weller
  • House
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  • California

• One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.

  

  Marat Safin
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• David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.

  

  Lance Loud
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• The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.

  

  Zack Snyder
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• Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Beautiful
  • Funny
  • Yourself

• I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Listen
  • Jazz
  • Big

• No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.

  

  Brad Stone
  • Character
  • Moments

• If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

  

  Jeff Greenfield
  • Vision

• Every taxi driver I have ever spoken to has a theory of gender.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Theory
  • Gender
  • TAXI DRIVER

• We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

  

  Charlene Li
  • Marketing
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• Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer