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philosophy matter reason
My philosophy is basically this. And this is something that I live by. And I always have. And I always will. Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. No matter ... where. Or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or ... or where you've been ... ever. For any reason, whatsoever. Michael Scott
philosophy thinking smell
You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk.
philosophy charming divine
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb John Milton
philosophy selfish reading
My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a selfish absorption in the well-being and achievement of Noel Coward. Noel Coward
philosophy writing views
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.
philosophy political-opinions wish
If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
philosophy dancing profound
Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Form seeks to merge with the formless, motions seek to become a part of the motionless, and the dancing individual seeks to become one with the eternal dance of the cosmos. Nita Ambani
philadelphia racism black
I applied for a scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. I knew I was good enough, but they turned me down. And it took me about six months to realize it was because I was black. I never really got over that jolt of racism at the time. Nina Simone
philosophical character play
The philosophical underpinnings of my approach to acting are that there are universal human qualities, and that every character is actually available within each one of us, that if we tap down into that universal humanness, we can find whatever character it is that we need to play already there within ourselves, and it's just a matter of peeling apart the onion that is you and finding that character within you, because of this universal human quality. Misha Collins
philosophy men lame
Touch a man who can't walk up right, and that lame man, he's gonna fly. Neil Diamond
philosophy doors size
Shame, it comes in every size, touches many lives, knocks on many doors.
philosophy blue jeans
Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and it don't walk. And long as I can have you here with me, I'd much rather be, forever in blue jeans.
philosophy unique priorities-in-life
I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world-the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life. Neil deGrasse Tyson
philosophy thinking drunk
It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.
philosophy important movement
The moment when someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation.
philosophy science technology
My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.
philosophy ignorance intelligent
Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
philosophy knowledge kids
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
philosophy grief farewell
You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You bid the dead farewell, and you continue. Neil Gaiman
philosophy moving different
Our philosophy is about reaching back to move forward. We have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new. John Varvatos
philosophy rain anger
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. John W. Gardner
philosophy learning science
The dairy man had a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he must have had some training in philosophy. He liked what he was doing and he didn't want to be somewhere else - one of the few contented people I met in my whole journey. John Steinbeck
philosophy writing people
I have a philosophy that everything you write doesn't have to be good for everybody. There are going to be people that get irritated by some of the things I write-including my parents. And then there are going to be people that you draw in because of the pointedness of certain things. Sheryl Crow
philosophy faces shows
I have a face I cannot show, I make the rules up as I go.
philosophy philosophical science
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. Nicolas Chamfort
philosophy evil world
Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations. And since these problems have a universal significance, the sphere of ethics is wider than is generally supposed. It deals with meaning and value and its province is the world in which the distinction between good and evil is drawn, evaluations are made and meaning is sought. Nikolai Berdyaev
philosophy creative perception
Philosophy... is the creative perception by the spirit of the meaning of human existence.
philosophy maybe-tomorrow shining
If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you. Nat King Cole
philosopher walking
To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
philosophical leisure insight
For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
philosophy two philosopher
It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one. Morris Raphael Cohen
philosophy past idols
Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
philosophy idols literature
Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.