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The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone; don't harass… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
It is on these (20min) walks that my best ideas come to me. It is while walking that difficult clarity emerges. It… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
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The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard absolute optimism… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
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We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
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The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and… — Kyle Chandler Copy Share Image
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I had a very important personal point to make with this song [I Want Your Sex]. I just hated the idea that… — George Michael Copy Share Image
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You can give a great film idea to a mediocre team and they may screw it up, but if you give a… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
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So where do the ideas-the salable ideas-come from? They come from my nightmares. Not the night-time variety, as a rule, but the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It gives evolutionary biologists great status if they champion competition and the economists have to consult them. The economists have to consult… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
In Huntington Beach, California, three police instructors lost their jobs after ordering two cadets who were caught smoking to eat cigarette sandwiches… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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