Auguste Comte Quotes
After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.
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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 did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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Politics is a good thing!
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.
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Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
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I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.
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Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.
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After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.
