Karl Jaspers Quotes
To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I don't have any nicknames.
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If I see somebody dancing really well, it can make me want to dance. Or it could be the music. But perhaps the thing I miss the most is that when you're dancing, everyday concerns vanish. It's a unique world.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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If studying the periodic table taught me nothing else, it's that the credulity of human beings for periodic table panaceas is pretty much boundless.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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When you're looking through a magazine, you'd think every single person's a different person, but every third girl is actually the same girl in a different outfit and makeup.
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I don't envy young actors.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection.
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A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes heartbreaking tour of the planet from the Gulf of Maine to the Amazonian rain forests, the tropical coral reefs to old growth forests of the Northwest as well as rivers, lakes, and wetlands. I found the wealth of information not only accessible but riveting . . . Eisenberg's powerful, beautifully written book . . . has the potential to open many people's eyes, minds, and hearts.
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I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked with is you don't get something for nothing. If you don't risk looking foolish, you'll never do anything special.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
