Blaise Pascal Quotes

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

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• When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

  

  Randy Couture
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• 'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.

  

  Hannah Murray
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• What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.

  

  Natasha Leggero
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• I don't like people cleaning my room.

  

  Larry David
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• People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.

  

  Ian McShane
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  • Before

• I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

  

  Carl Paladino
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• People have to evolve.

  

  Caprice Bourret
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• When I sing, people shut up.

  

  Barbra Streisand
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  • Up
  • Sing

• Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

  

  Isaac Hayes
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• I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
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• I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.

  

  Ice T
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• The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

  

  Ed Sheeran
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• People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
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• We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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• The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't.

  

  Mao Zedong
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• We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
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• After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.

  

  H. G. Wells
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• Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

  

  Danger Mouse
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• I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

  

  Alyson Stoner
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  • Success

• All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

  

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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• A few years ago my goal was to try and get the goddamned album made, which put me in a real bad frame of mind.

  

  Kylie Minogue
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• Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear!

  

  Percy Bysshe Shelley
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• The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.

  

  Banana Yoshimoto
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• People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

  

  Blaise Pascal
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