Blaise Pascal Quotes
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.
Quotes to Explore
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.'
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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I'm a '90s baby.
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I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.
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We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.
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I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.
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Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.
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There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
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I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.
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I believe in order to make a friend, you have to be a friend.
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Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such.
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The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
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I'm not against women. I'm not against men. I just write about me telling my side of how I would say something.
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If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
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'Why do they do it?' whispered Horeb. 'Their eyes, you mean?' said Rek. 'Yes. How can a man put out his own eyes?' 'Damned if I know. They say it aids their visions.' 'Sounds about as sensible as cutting off your staff in order to aid your sex life.'
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To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.
