Blaise Pascal Quotes
We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
Quotes to Explore
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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I'm fascinated by the capacity to be able to do harm. I struggle every day with the ability of people to do evil. Not just the big things - the petty things that people do in order to make someone feel small, when it's so easy to do, and it hurts so much.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.
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Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases they're not.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
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My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!
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Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.
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To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!
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There is no Latter day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain things when opportunities were not furnished him or her. In other words, if a young man or a young woman has no opportunity of getting married, and they live faithful lives up to the time of their death, they will have all the blessings, exaltation, and glory that any man or woman will have who had this opportunity and improved it. But if they think marshmallows and sweet potatoes are delicious, they're going to burn. That is sure and positive.
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We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
