Bertrand Russell Quotes
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one – particularly if he plays golf, which he usually does.
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
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The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.
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No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father.
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[Margaret Thatcher] said there was no thing such as society. This is what I find so interesting psychologically. Where did she come from? She had no mother. Her father came from a very identifiable background: religious, highly conformist.
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The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic.
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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one – particularly if he plays golf, which he usually does.
