Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!
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I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
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The news comes somewhat late, but I'm glad to hear it nevertheless.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
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Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.
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I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.
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Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind of harmony.
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It is often said of me - some intend it as a compliment, others as a complaint - that I write about a single subject: the Holocaust. I have no quarrel with that. Why shouldn't I accept, with certain qualifications, the place assigned to me on the shelves of libraries?
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If the North Korean Communists provoke another war, we must immediately deter it and give them a decisive counterattack at the initial place of aggression.
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Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like to move on to the thing I haven't hit a wall on.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom.
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The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.
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Today a new generation has taken charge of Labour. A new generation that understands the core of change
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Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.
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Said I'll make it big when, everybody know me
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Why were we driven out of Paradise? Why did we fall into this gnawing disease of unappeasable dissatisfaction? Not because we sinned. Ah, no. All the animals in Paradise enjoyed the sensual passion of coition. Not because we sinned. But because we got sex into our head.
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The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.
