Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it isnecessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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I have learned to be patient.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
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I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.
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Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' yeah, that's what I look for.
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When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me.
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I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.
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It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it isnecessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.
