Bertrand Russell Quotes
A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?
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My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices, we only encourage him to increase his deceptions.
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No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.
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A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.
