Bertrand Russell Quotes
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.Bertrand Russell
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
Owen Arthur -
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
Imogen Poots -
I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
Wanda Sykes -
One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
Dan Castellaneta -
Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
B. D. Wong
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
Sam Houston -
In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
Pankaj Mishra -
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
Eckhart Tolle -
I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
Natalie Dormer -
I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
Barbara Windsor -
We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
Gary Zukav
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
Xavier Niel -
My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
Maajid Nawaz -
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
Sam Trammell -
Our communities are being destroyed by racial tension - and we're too polite to talk about it.
Randall L. Stephenson -
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.
Joanne Rowling
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
Ralph Fiennes -
I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.
Jodie Whittaker -
Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.
Louis Garrel -
I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light. but hey, that would be going into sexual details...
Mark Sanford -
Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.
John Ridley -
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.
Bertrand Russell