Blaise Pascal Quotes
There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.Blaise Pascal
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
Ilya Yashin -
I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.
Gary Larson -
I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
Valentino Garavani -
Im not revolted by Washington.
Kevin Spacey -
I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity.
Lauryn Hill Fugees -
I'm surprised that people think they're important. To me they're not.
Karrine Steffans
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Nobody is talking about the different - until you raised the issue.
Andrea Mitchell -
This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada -
I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
Alexander McQueen -
Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.
Brian Tracy -
We are always remaking history. Our memory is always an interpretive reconstruction of the past, so is perspective.
Umberto Eco -
To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force. It has been the male who enforces order, who constructs power structures, who makes, enforces, and breaks laws.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when we restrict it to just our military power. We shortchange our influence and our ability to shape events when that's the only tool we think we have in the toolbox.
Barack Obama -
This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class.
Barack Obama -
Perfection is a disease of a nation.
Beyonce Destiny's Child -
Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Everyone in their car needs love.
C.D. Wright -
Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.
John Tillotson
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In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score.
Ralph Richardson -
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season.
Eli Manning -
There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.
Blaise Pascal