Bertrand Russell Quotes

Only in thought is man a God; in action and desire we are the slaves of circumstance.

Bertrand Russell

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• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Day
  • Always
  • Start

• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Dad

• The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.

  

  T. E. Lawrence
  • God
  • Look
  • Him

• I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Protect
  • Harm

• Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.

  

  Nancy McKeon
  • Opportunity
  • Amazing
  • Ride

• There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.

  

  Said Nursi
  • Heart
  • Fear
  • Garden

• I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.

  

  Haley Lu Richardson
  • Moving
  • Acting
  • Expect

• At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Live
  • Risk
  • Year

• Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • Life
  • World
  • Best

• 'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Street
  • Halloween
  • Nightmare

• There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Help
  • Guy
  • Hurt

• I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Time
  • Speak
  • Hospital

• The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan B. Anthony was dying, or someone like that. I would say to her, 'You won't believe what's going to happen.' And then I would tell her.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Dying

• I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised by the directions things take when I actually start writing.

  

  Barry Schwartz
  • Long
  • Writing
  • Start

• But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Time
  • Music
  • Energy

• I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

  

  Adam Baldwin
  • People
  • Great
  • Interesting

• I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Life
  • Romantic
  • Confident

• I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Always
  • Red
  • Liked

• Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

  

  Elisabeth Shue
  • Weird
  • Hamlet

• In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.

  

  R.J. Rushdoony
  • Age
  • Faith
  • Problem

• The study of art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of art and its principles, study nature often and then practice continually.

  

  Edgar Alwin Payne
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Knowledge

• The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Action
  • Authority
  • Concern

• Only in thought is man a God; in action and desire we are the slaves of circumstance.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • God
  • Action
  • Desire