Blaise Pascal Quotes
Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.
Quotes to Explore
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Badminton is not a popular sport in India.
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In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.
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The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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Every fight is a different experience.
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I don't want to live my life to entertain other people. I have other things that I'd like to do.
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The entrance into the Kingdom is through the panging pains of repentance crashing into a man's respectable goodness; then the Holy Ghost, who produces these agonies begins the formation of the Son God in the life.
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The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable.
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You know what is a nice thought? Retirement.
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It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage. You should steer clear of emotionally damaging behavior. People forgive, but it is best not to stir things up to the point at which forgiveness is required. When you are depressed, you need the love of other people, and yet depression fosters actions that destroy that love. Depressed people often stick pins into their own life rafts. The conscious mind can intervene. One is not helpless.
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Every single moment shapes our future. Be intentional. Live on purpose!
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This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.
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I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.
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Something larger is happening than just going to heaven.
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History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.
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Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.
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I think the way the audience takes the Indian film-star is a little different from the way the audience takes the Western star there. We are considered like demi-gods here, and the reason is not because we are better or good, but because there is no other mode of entertainment in India.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is not really my thing, but I kind of loved it.
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Until the content of a belief is made clear, the appeal to accept the belief on faith is beside the point, for one would not know what one has accepted. The request for the meaning of a religious belief is logically prior to the question of accepting that belief on faith or to the question of whether that belief constitutes knowledge.
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Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for granted.
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Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.
