Bertrand Russell Quotes
The tendency of our perceptions is to emphasise increasingly the objective elements in an impression, unless we have some special reason, as artists have, for doing the opposite.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a strong woman.
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I've seen a couple white girls coming to my concerts wearing head wraps, and I think they look so cute. It's kind of sad to see that people are really into separation, trying to separate everybody and making a clear division of 'us against you,' even with fashion. That sucks. It's not the way the world is supposed to be.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.
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Sometimes there are customers who get in difficulty because of situations that are out of their control. These are customers with genuine needs, and the role of the bank is to accommodate these customers, and there is a real need to reschedule the loans of these customers.
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Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.
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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
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I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.
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I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.
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You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.
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You can always improve your fitness if you keep training.
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I have heard some stuff that might be influenced by my records, but it's usually pretty wacky and off-the-wall, which is kind of annoying, to be frank.
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The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
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Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.
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School was just kind of something where it was like, 'Um, I guess I should get my bachelor's.' My mind is always geared towards the practical.
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The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
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When someone turns to me and addresses me as 'our Queen', that word means a lot to me because it makes me feel that they know my life is theirs. My joy is their joy. My worries are their worries. If the word 'queen' means something to me, 'our queen' means everything to me.
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If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
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Women are smart in business and dumb in love. They won't date outside their zip code, let alone outside the city. They are city snobs.
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It is important to see that my paintings are ultimately stimulating. They are not at all the kind of thing that inspires despair.
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But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.
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When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.
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I'm proud to be Irish.
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The tendency of our perceptions is to emphasise increasingly the objective elements in an impression, unless we have some special reason, as artists have, for doing the opposite.
