Blaise Pascal Quotes
Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
Quotes to Explore
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still at work through the hundreds of thousands of gifted teachers and administrators, committed parents, and passionate volunteers who seek to help give our children 'a future with hope.'
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
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I just think it's quite remarkable that everyone says they want to add more commentary to their news pages. In some ways, I think, 'Well, how is that even possible?' It seems sometimes that that's all that there is.
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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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We're loving something to death in a way, which Americans tend to do a lot.
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Years are not important, my dear.
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There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.
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Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
