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.Blaise Pascal
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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.
Jackson Browne -
A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
Dan Rather -
I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
Sam Graves -
Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
Warren Farrell -
I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
Laila Ali -
I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
Yuan Yuan Tan
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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.
Barbara Taylor Bradford -
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.
Karl Jaspers -
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.'
Adam Hamilton -
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.
Cara Castronuova -
My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
Manoj Bhargava -
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.
Tamra Davis
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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.
Dan Lipinski -
I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
Caitlin Doughty -
Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
Hannah Simone -
My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
Magic Johnson -
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.
Adam Hamilton -
My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
Kate Fleetwood
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We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
Barack Obama -
I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.
Oscar Pistorius -
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
Octavia E. Butler -
In the time of your life, liveāso that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it."
William Saroyan -
Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
Blaise Pascal