Blaise Pascal Quotes
All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.
Quotes to Explore
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All the definitions people want to put on you in terms of what kind of writer you are come with hidden meanings. If you're writing science fiction, you're writing rocket ships. If you write dystopian fiction, it's inequity where The Man must be fought.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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While a private individual may be bound only by the formal vows that he makes, those who govern should be wholly bound by the truth in thought, word and deed.
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We don't appreciate the value of humor sometimes.
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I'm always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.
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I still need to go through the process of proving myself.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related.
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No student should feel like there isn't a way to seek justice, and no student should feel that the scales are tipped against him or her.
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I feel like I've got a nice little niche where I stay just below the radar, which is perfect. I just don't want to be known for anything other than music.
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There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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I was a child of the women's movement. Everything I had learned was from my mother and my grandmother, who both had a very pioneering spirit. They had to, because they had to change flat tires and paint the house - because, you know, the men didn't come home from the war or whatever else, so women had to do these things.
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I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
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The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
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On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.
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Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.
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When we can’t marry the person we had in mind, our inability to look beyond may even blind sight us from someone who is in fact better for us. When we don’t get hired, or we lose something dear to us, it’s hard to take a step back and notice the bigger picture. Often Allah takes things away from us, only to replace them with something greater.
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A good trader has to have three things: a chronic inability to accept things at face value, to feel continuously unsettled, and to have humility.
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All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.
