Leo Strauss Quotes
The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I had a chance to do 'Ant-Man' in 2011.
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I definitely am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself.
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I like a lot of documentaries, I like political movies and political thrillers. But I also like a good action movie. I like a pretty wide range.
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For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed.
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The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.
