Blaise Pascal Quotes
People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.
Quotes to Explore
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
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You don’t think – not possibly – not as a mere hundredth chance – there might be things that are real though we can’t see them? … If there are souls, could there not be soul-houses?
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I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.
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Film is a very collaborative medium. If you're smart enough, you learn how to maintain your vision while drawing resourcefully from all the people around you.
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People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.
