Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
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I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
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Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.
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I hate celebrities.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our hot air - our pride, our feeling that we are the most important people in the whole entire world and that everything should revolve round us.
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I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because you want wealth. It is the same with writing.
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We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
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Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.
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Many of my early Vines and collaborations were with gay people.
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We're stuck in the concrete age. Concrete has really become this ever-present material that's almost impossible to get away from. It's cheap, abundant, and easy to work with, and to an extent, that's good.
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Nicht durch Reden und Majoritätsbeschlüsse werden die großen Fragen der Zeit entschieden - daß ist der große Fehler von 1848 und 1849 gewesen - sondern durch Eisen und Blut.
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When a government subsidy deprives the child of its dad the government is really subsidizing child abuse.
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If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.
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It's refreshing going from getting picked on in middle school to getting my name screamed out across the street.
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If you feel your school is failing you, the question is why. Is it a lack of parental involvement, large classes, school violence, poor learning environment? Are there any standards to determine where problems are? Are there tutoring or mentoring programs? If the school is still failing after 3 years then what are your options?
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I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.
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As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.
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Could I imagine being a piano? That'd be awesome. I'd throw a D-minor at you to make you sad, then an F-major to make you happy!
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What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?
