Blaise Pascal Quotes
You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons... full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire... You are therefore properly the king of desire. ...equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth... It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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Bitcoin is here to stay. There would be a hacker uproar to anyone who attempted to take credit for the patent of cryptocurrency. And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of hacker fury.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
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The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.
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I've really only had one (dream) since I got into this business at 13 years old, which was to be in this business forever. Once I did my first television commercial, I caught that itch and that bug. I want to be a part of pieces of art - as far as cinema is concerned - that people will want to see for generations to come. That's my dream.
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The rise of women and feminism is well documented. What is equally fascinating - and less talked about - is the impact this has had on men.
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Agents have enormous power that studios relinquished to them. The studios, when I first came to Hollywood, that's where the power was.
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Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.
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You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons... full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire... You are therefore properly the king of desire. ...equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth... It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.
