Leo Strauss Quotes
Dogmatism as Nietzsche means it implies that one possesses the truth, or at least the most important or the most valuable truth. Yet the truth is elusive like that woman of whom he spoke at the very beginning. Elsewhere he says we are the first generation which no longer believes that it possesses the truth. That is what he means by the end of dogmatism.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.
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Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.
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At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.
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A pregnant woman and her spouse dream of three babies--the perfect four-month-old who rewards them with smiles and musical cooing,the impaired baby, who changes each day, and the mysterious real baby whose presence is beginning to be evident in the motions of the fetus.
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I go to the Catholic Church. God is an important part of my life. If he was not, I don't think I could have survived.
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The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others.
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Dogmatism as Nietzsche means it implies that one possesses the truth, or at least the most important or the most valuable truth. Yet the truth is elusive like that woman of whom he spoke at the very beginning. Elsewhere he says we are the first generation which no longer believes that it possesses the truth. That is what he means by the end of dogmatism.
