Leon Kass Quotes
The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.
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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
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I've never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth.
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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth.
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Le théâtre n'a jamais été en Angleterre qu'une mode des hautes classes ou une débauche du bas peuple.
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Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.
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Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic.
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I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.'
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The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.
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You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see with the soul of the eye.
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I spend most of my time at concerts hoping for that one second that the artist looks at me, I look at the artist, and that's when I get to say, 'Thank you.'
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The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair.
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It does no good to believe in what does not exist to the point one cannot focus on what is real. That would be the greatest tragedy of any 'conspiracy.'
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The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.
