Bertrand Russell Quotes
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
Quotes to Explore
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.
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I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.
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Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with.
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There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
