Blaise Pascal Quotes
What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.
Quotes to Explore
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
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From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner – even for a fast bowler, that holds true.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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Anything you want to know, you go to Quora and get it. And at the same time, give people a platform that is easy to use for sharing the knowledge.
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The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air.
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Grace can and does have a history.
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If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
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Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.
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What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.
