Gabriel Marcel Quotes
A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling in love is a mystery.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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I have a very short attention span.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.
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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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I grew up with the 'Star Wars' movies since before I have many memories. We had them on VHS back in the day, so they were part of the fabric of growing up in my family.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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You men make up these rules, and now you get mad because I'm telling you what a real woman wants. She wants you to treat her like a lady if you want her to sit up there and put on all the lingerie!
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I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.
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Boys are like puppies, but the thing I find terrifying is how do you steer them?
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I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.
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Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
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A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling in love is a mystery.
