Clive Bell Quotes
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I'm strong. I like to mother people, look after people. I lead the gang.
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When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
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The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
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Abstractions about right and wrong, whether they are as old as Thou Shalt Not Kill or as modern as Do Your Own Thing, often serve only to confuse and weaken genuine moral decision.
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No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering while remaining in a blissful center.
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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
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With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.
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Can you get a democracy in Saudi Arabia? These people talk about theocracy, not democracy. So I think it's a very tough situation.
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Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class.
