Leo Strauss Quotes
Even by proving that a certain view is indispensable for living well, one proves merely that the view in question is a salutary myth: one does not prove it to be true.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural... The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
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It's amazing to think of the nutritional responsibility you have in cooking for a kid, which then makes you wonder if you're getting enough yourself.
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My views are very fluctuating. I have very contradictory takes on the subject. Dating is easier, while marriage is hard work. You see your friends having early divorces, and on the other hand, you see your parents having a successful marriage.
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Nothing is more common than good things: the point in question is only to discriminate them; and it is certain that they are all natural and within our reach and even known to all mankind.
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Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.
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Even by proving that a certain view is indispensable for living well, one proves merely that the view in question is a salutary myth: one does not prove it to be true.
