Leo Strauss Quotes
By becoming aware of the dignity of the mind, we realize the true ground of the dignity of man and therewith the goodness of the world, whither we understand it as created or uncreated, which is the home of man because it is the home of the human mind.
Quotes to Explore
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I've always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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That's where this exciting bundle of energy and joy named Johnny Olson made his entrance and ultimately did the announcing. I had never seen anything like what I was involved in for the next 15 minutes!
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.
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I believe that I'm one of the best in the world at what I do, and that's all I've ever wanted to be.
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There are fear mongers who talk about Islam as somehow it is an incubator of hate... remember Christians, like the Westboro Baptist Church, are just as capable of promoting intolerance.
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Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn't a leader, it is education.
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We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather than acutely trying to change things.
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By becoming aware of the dignity of the mind, we realize the true ground of the dignity of man and therewith the goodness of the world, whither we understand it as created or uncreated, which is the home of man because it is the home of the human mind.
