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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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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I love him whose soul is so overfull that he forgetteth himself, and all things are in him: thus all things become his down-going.
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I read Mailer's Ancient Evenings with great interest because I was interested in . . . the seven souls structure, which was very helpful to me in Western Lands. And also in Place of Dead Roads. So that's Mailer.
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The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met and, thus, steadily acquiring more and more control over the lives and assets of the poor.
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Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.
