Leo Strauss Quotes
No bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man: as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy and hatred, and hence there cannot be a society which does not have to employ coercive restraint.
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called 'A Banquet for the Moon.' It was a weird play.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.
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If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
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A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.
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When it comes to your personal life, such as love and romance, girls should take a tip from the men and keep their affairs to themselves. Any man worth his salt regards his private life as his own. To kiss a girl and run and tell would mark him as a cad. Why doesn't that apply to girls also?
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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No bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man: as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy and hatred, and hence there cannot be a society which does not have to employ coercive restraint.
