Benjamin Rush Quotes
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
Quotes to Explore
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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The life of the hereafter is the outcome of all this world.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?
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When a young man massacres innocents, we have been trained to believe that the act was due to improper levels of chemical enzymes and misfiring synapses. As we learn more about our cells, we forget more about our souls.
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I think you need to understand games to write them. There's a learning curve, just like there's a learning curve in anything. It's not precisely the same as film or television, but you're using the same muscles.
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Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well.
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
