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Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of ...

Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow, we would as willingly give cure as know.

I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments.

There are no absolutes.' 'I think there are,' said Sidney. 'Fairness, justice, toleration, support for the weak, care for those in need, truth and love.

Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable ...

I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.

Throwing your massive genitals into an argument is like throwing dynamite on a campfire.

People are always receptive to the idea of a conspiracy.

Let's go. I don't want to keep you from the things you have to do ... like plan the next crime wave with your biker ...

All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's ...

Writing isn't a career choice. It's self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.

When our dreams shatter and we feel helpless, that's when we have to believe in God's power and presence.

We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games ...

God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.

Never confuse belief with knowledge.

The world was so big, so full of things I could master.

A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If ...

Looking at voter behavior over the years I'm always interested to see and impressed to see how voters eventually find the key issues that matter ...

Tenacity isn't just the most important thing, it's the only thing.

My goal is to balance reality and daydreaming, I think they are equally important.

If these influences are reversed - and they can be - an environment designed around the true needs of individuals, conducive to the formation of ...

There's no question that homophobia is rampant among the world's 1.5 billion Muslims - but that doesn't negate the fact that there are huge groups ...

You wanna know something," was Dad's refrain while we were growing up, "get a book." Of course,he predates Google, but it stuck with me.

When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders.

To change a team you must change their comfort zone.

So I needed to play with some dogs, beat up a company of guards, and call the Ghostbusters? And I needed a guide? Okay. This ...

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again ...

When we talk about our problems, we create more of them. When we talk about solutions and positive responses, we create more solutions and positive ...

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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Life ain't no rehearsal, the cameras always rolling.

This is pluralism: not a synonym of relativism, but rather an antonym. Pluralism accepts the moral reality of different kinds of truth, but rejects the ...

I think I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention. It's not the ...

They chose to regard it as a miraculous preservation.

A magic effect is never completely finished.

The mere fact that a very large number of people believe such a thing and that the world would be a better place if it ...

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

Vows begin when hope dies.

Few persons can relate the story of their childhood without idealizing, or distorting, or overdramatizing the facts.

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

The rewards of faith are beyond doubt.

I don't release many records just as "Fennesz," so when I do, I want to plan everything in detail. It's not that I want to ...

If slavery, as a national evil, is to be abolished, and it be just that it be done at the national expense, the amount of ...

A society which sees her modesty or her "hang-ups" as a problem is necessarily a society which will not be able to get him to ...

If anything can be said in prose, then poetry should be saved for saying nothing.

A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.

Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.

I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.

I've seen my own films close to a thousand times in one form or another. When you edit them. When you shoot them. Then you ...

ADDENDUM: SOMETIMES THE FUTURE IS BULLSHIT

There ain't no place like paradise.

Now I have no reason to play fair with you at all. I'm coming, and I DO NOT come in peace. Colonel Marion Briggs, from ...

I can't be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.

We must understand that the local church isn't a country club or a casual self-help group. It is God's holy temple, a congregation of redeemed ...

Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all; if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in ...

Be who you are and what you are; for if you think of what others think of you, you will become what others think of ...

Had numerous pairs of dress chinos and blue blazers and Topsiders, and a smile that looked as though someone had plugged him in.

If you do a scene the right way, you can go home at the end of the day and really feel like you accomplished something.

No person who is enthusiastic about her work has anything to fear from life.

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.

It's something rebellious about picking up and leaving buying a one way ticket and not knowing when you want to return.

He called it the Carrock, because carrock is his word for it. He calls things like that carrocks, and this one is the Carrock because ...

Some men die for lack of love ... some die because of it. Think about it. - Daemon

I've always respected what Wayne does, and Wayne, to me is definitely one of the greatest in the game right now.

Spread your wings, tokshi, and fly. Soar above them, make their eyes tear as they stare into the sun to watch you reach new heights.

Who was this person who could hack a man to pieces one day and save a kitten the next?

Faith converses with the angels, and antedates the hymns of glory.

The problem with alienating, self-destructive behavior is people get it into their heads it's a cry for help. It wasn't.

It would be like a Hardy novel, before it all goes wrong.

Awake thee, my Lady-Love! Wake thee, and rise! The sun through the bower peeps Into thine eyes.

Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years.

A library is a path to the futurefind yours there.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay ...

In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.

The other day I was down by the Hudson River, and I see two nuns in full habit rollerblading down the street holding hands. And ...

... God, it's over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people's problems and get some of your own.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

A discarded newspaper skimmed the sidewalk with a sound like the whisperings of a dead lover.

He felt whole and clean and full of light. Of course he would mess up again. He could never be perfect. But at least now ...

I am not cruel," he said. "Not in the sense you mean. But cruelty is a useful tool if one can only recognise the precise ...

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend ...

The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations.

Why are we so trapped by the hours, the minutes of every day? Why can't we live the life that's always out of reach?

A man in love is cautious with the decisions he makes, words he says and actions he takes, so he never purposefully causes her pain. ...

The unconscious is selective, when it learns what to listen for.

He was too proud a man to be a vain one.

We're not arguing. We're discussing." "You're a lawyer; you don't know the difference. I'm arguing.

Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep.Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;But will they come, when you do ...

We can do hard things -- it's the impossible that takes a little longer.

He watched them go, spreading out against the sky, like new constellations playing amongst the stars.

Whether you're studying electrical engineering or poetry, college is not about maximizing income, it's about becoming a better and more informed observer of the universe. ...

Wrangling about precisely what constitutes genuine philosophy, proper philosophical practice, method, and aims is an important part of modern philosophy's content and heritage

I do believe that you have to bring some degree of truth from yourself to the role [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ...

If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for ...

I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your ...

Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.

The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.

She was able to feel active creation going on around her in the rocks and hills, where the mystery of lust took place; and in ...