Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
But if you say: 'How am I to know what he means, when I see nothing but the signs he gives?' then I say: 'How is he to know what he means, when he has nothing but the signs either?'
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
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All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.
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I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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I never pass up the chance to shop at vintage stores.
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The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.
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Oh, love is timid in its birth!Watching her lightest look or stir,As he but look'd and breathed with her.Gay words were passing, but he leantIn silence; yet, one quick glance sent,-His secret is no more his own,When has woman her power not known?
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We will bring a comprehensive plan to the government to assist you in every way. There is no room for racism and discrimination in our society, none... We will turn racism into something contemptible and despicable.
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Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.
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Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.
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I'm making better than two million a year, but it's hard work. The luxuries and pleasures I enjoy in my spare time keep me in condition to do that work. Carnegie and Frick have more money than I have, but I'm getting more value for my dollars than they are.
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In the '70s, Florida-style golf communities started to be built for America's baby-boomers who were doing well and taking up the game but couldn't get into exclusive golf and tennis clubs and were looking for a nice place to live and raise their families.
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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
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But if you say: 'How am I to know what he means, when I see nothing but the signs he gives?' then I say: 'How is he to know what he means, when he has nothing but the signs either?'
