Blaise Pascal Quotes
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things.
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I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.
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I don't see the point in working just to be working.
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At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.
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A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
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There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.
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We've had some seniors that have had tough years. I know this year wasn't how it was envisioned to this point. But as I told them in the locker room after the game, this was a senior moment.
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The sky is the limit when you work hard.
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Humanity will live as long as there are humans.
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Whenever Allah gives a blessing to a servant, and then takes it back from him, and the servant patiently endures his loss, then He rewards him with a blessing which is better than the one which He took back.
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The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.
