Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis.
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The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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I really just started buying art as a passion. I never considered it an investment, but it ended up being a good investment.
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We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.
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Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion.
