Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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I believe we're the party of small business.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
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I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
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Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
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For me, the exhausting thing about touring is the sitting around, which is why working on my concert music is really great - and also seeing concerts and seeing friends and, whenever possible, getting out to see a museum.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords?
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Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
