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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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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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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Free-livers on a small scale, who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea.
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We should govern our actions by assuming that people are more good than bad. Whereas, most of our social policies dictate that people are more bad than good. That you know if you do something, it'll be seized by the rich to exploit the poor.
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I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay
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Offensively we were not making the extra pass and not getting a nice, smooth transition look. We were not attacking or executing our patterns. It wasn't Villanova. It's just the way we play.
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The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.
