Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
Quotes to Explore
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.
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I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.
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There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you'd like, and it will just rise up again.
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Between threading a needle and raving insanity is the smallest eye in creation.
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I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
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The happiest pillow on which you may rest your head is the knowledge of God's will. I cannot imagine a more miserable situation than consciously to be out of God's will.
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In the centre of the cyclone one is off the wheel of Karma, of life, rising to join the Creators of the Universe, the Creators of us. Here we find that we have created Them who are Us.
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Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
