Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.
Quotes to Explore
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When I lived in Greece and off the coast of Italy, I enjoyed a branzino dish so much that I created my own version.
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Live TV would terrify anybody.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I hope our people hold tight to the notion that we do not have to be a fear-ridden country focused on restrictions, but rather that we remain the land of the free and home of the brave.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
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Some of the craziest people I know, some of the coolest guys I know who party and go crazy and play rock shows and have tons of tattoos, they will still go to church on Sunday and do their best to live that kind of a life.
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The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I don't do anything political on Sundays.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
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I think it took me half a page of 'Wolf Hall' to think: 'This is the novel I should have been writing all along.'
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If you feel pain, you have to make up your mind whether you can play with it or not.
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If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.
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Convince me, but without convictions. Convictions no longer convince me.
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It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.
