Bertrand Russell Quotes
Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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One of my favorite things to do is formulate powers for a character, then come up with their corresponding weaknesses and liabilities. And I delight in world-building: melding the supernatural with the natural, then tweaking and polishing until it feels organic.
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I'm not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever.
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We dare not enter the kingdom of liberty with mere life-homage to truth and nonviolence.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable.
