Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible. (Certain, possible, impossible: here we have the first indication of the scale that we need in the theory of probability.) (4.464)
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.
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He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together with a mass audience. I could have sung 'Easy' in a country way but I just sang it how I sing. I think it's a really nice blend.
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It must be so hard trying to figure yourself out in this industry. Justin Bieber has hit rock-bottom with everyone watching him; that is just so tough.
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'She gives him candy. They're probably going to get married.'
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.
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What can we give a child when there is nothing left? All we have, I think, is the truth, the truth that will set him free, not limited, provable truth, but the open, growing, evolving truth that is not afraid.
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A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible. (Certain, possible, impossible: here we have the first indication of the scale that we need in the theory of probability.) (4.464)
