Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.
Quotes to Explore
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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There is a daily discussion with our servants about the price of food and the number of loaves: a conference with our presbyters to consider the sins of our people is a very rare occurrence.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.
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John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.
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Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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We all do stupid things.
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
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Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.
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I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
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I could live a thousand years and still not know everything, still not have tried anything.
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Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.
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Die Technologie enthüllt das aktive Verhalten des Menschen zur Natur, den unmittelbaren Produktionsprozesss seines Lebens, damit auch seiner gesellschaftlichen Lebensverhältnisse und der ihnen entquellenden geistigen Vorstellungen.
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'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.
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My father basically had two ways of judging anything. Either something was poetic or it wasn't.
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Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk your duties when there are solutions.
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I love Disney. I know that some Disney stars want to break out of the Disney mold, but no, if they let me, I would work with Disney until I die.
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We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming.
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A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.
