Blaise Pascal Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
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Certainly the O.J. Simpson case was a turning point in my career.
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I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker.... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you reveal information to the reader - matters in an article, but it is absolutely essential to a book.
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The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.
