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• Pascal makes no attempt in this most famous argument to show that his Roman Catholicism is true or probably true. The reasons which he suggests for making the recommended bet on his particular faith are reasons in the sense of motives rather than reasons in the sense of grounds. Conceding, if only for the sake of the present argument, that we can have no knowledge here, Pascal tries to justify as prudent a policy of systematic self-persuasion, rather than to provide grounds for thinking that the beliefs recommended are actually true.

  Antony Flew

  Thinking, Self, Atheism

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• However far back we may be able to trace the - so to speak - internal history of the Universe, there can be no question of arguing that this or that external origin is either probable or improbable. We do not have, and we necessarily could not have, experience of other Universes to tell us that Universes, or Universes with these particular features, are the work of Gods, or of Gods of this or that particular sort.

  Antony Flew

  Atheism, May, Able

  Antony Flew (1984). “God, freedom, and immortality: a critical analysis”

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• Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each should have. But atoms were struck with blows in many ways and carried along by their own weight from infinite times up to the present.

  Lucretius

  Blow, Order, Should Have

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• In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through study and comparison of principles.

  Joost Meerloo

  Party, Political Opinions, Atheism

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• Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Attitude, School, Atheism

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference.

  John Paul Stevens

  Religious, Squares, Atheism

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• As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more dangerous if it is coupled with the missionary zeal to enlighten the rest of the world, whether the rest of the world wishes to be enlightened or not. To refuse to embrace wholeheartedly a particular definition of reality, to dare to see the world differently can become a "think crime" in a truly Orwellian sense as we get steadily closer to 1984.

  Paul Watzlawick

  Reality, Thinking, Views

  Paul Watzlawick (1977). “How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication”, Vintage

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• When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems. You will notice at times that the new life isn't what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn't how I define prayer. I cannot guarantee that the orders you place with God will always be filled. Prayer is not a test of God, but a call for help to find your inner strength and talent.

  Bernie Siegel

  Prayer, Order, Guarantees That

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• When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or melody that would go with a film, or a particular period. It's not brain surgery, you just kind of feel it along.

  Clint Eastwood

  Brain, Down And, Sitting Down

  "Clint Eastwood As a Changeling". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2008.

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• New York is my home and I have a particular fondness for it. I think it's a place where you can generate any kind of story wonderfully. But I also would be very happy to make a film in Paris or Rome.

  Woody Allen

  New York, Home, Thinking

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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• As things have progressed and I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more involved on the producing side. It's been a natural progression. The more you become exposed in a particular medium, the more you can bring to the table and people start trusting you. You're valued a little bit more, so you have more of a voice. It's something I would like to do, through the rest of my career.

  Chris Vance

  Careers, Voice, People

  "Chris Vance Talks TRANSPORTER: THE SERIES, Taking Over for Jason Statham, Becoming an Action Hero, the Physical and Mental Challenges of the Role and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 26, 2014.

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• The fun of being a supervisor is that you kind of get to shape the film as a whole rather than crafting a complete scene. I can't really think of one in particular that I feel like I own, except for a couple shots that I animated, which is fun. But feeling like you contributed to the whole is the most satisfying thing.

  Victor Navone

  Couple, Fun, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular personality and understanding of yourself to help tell other people's stories.

  Harrison Ford

  Ambition, People, Personality

  "Harrison Ford Talks ENDER’S GAME, Why It’s a Good Family Movie, the Evolution of Space Visual Effects Since STAR WARS, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. October 27, 2013.

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• Obviously making Peter Parker suddenly bisexual or gay wouldn't really make logical or dramatic sense. It was a hypothetical kind of question about the nature of these comic book characters and the nature of this particular character, and whether sexuality, race, any of those things makes any difference to the character of Peter Parker.

  Andrew Garfield

  Book, Character, Gay

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• I try to just be open to what the next experience is and how it makes me feel, just reading a project, or trying to get involved with a project, or thinking about a project, and what particular emotional flavor that brings. To me, it's never really about planning the next thing, or the career arc. It's about investigating how I feel, from project to project, and finding things that I haven't explored and what that would be like.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Reading, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• My particular thing is discovering what can be done with media and how it can be used. You can't draw people together like one big huge family, people don't want that. They want isolation or a tribal thing.

  David Bowie

  Media, People, Together

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.46, Melville House

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• I love horror comedies, and I love horror movies. In particular, I love horror movies from the '80s that have practical monsters in them. They're not just slasher movies with people going to kill people in people's houses. I do like these ridiculous monster movies. They're scary, but they're absurd. I had a lot of fun in my 20's, watching a lot of these movies late at night.

  Ken Marino

  Fun, Night, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I love America. I really do. It's by far the place I like visiting out of anywhere in the world. I get a palpable sense of excitement when the plane's landing. It's a cliché, but there's still an incredible energy about New York in particular.

  Nick Cave

  New York, America, Energy

  "Nick Cave/Grinderman". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. September 20, 2010.

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• I saw the comics in the East Village Other, and they weren't superhero comics, they were all about hippies and all about things hippies were interested in. And there was one page in particular, a full page strip called "Gentle's Trip Out" signed "Panzika", and it was totally, totally psychedelic, and really, I don't know if it made any sense at all but it looked so great, and I thought, "This is what I want to do, this is my big influence," and it was.

  Trina Robbins

  Hippie, Superhero, East

  Interview with Kyrax2, comicsbulletin.com. May 7, 2012.

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• I got to playing villains-I don't know how. I think it's like anything else, in the movies in particular that if you establish yourself as something and you're lucky enough to keep getting hired. You know, there are guys who play the guy who gets the girl, guys who are the best friend of that guy, there's the funny guy, the villain.

  Christopher Walken

  Girl, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Hobbies, Study, Cases

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• I must admit, the only reason I joined an amateur dramatic society is because I couldn't get to kiss any girls - I was chasing girls all the time - and so I thought if I join it, there might be some love scenes. And there was a particular girl and I thought I might get to kiss Amy. I never did get to kiss Amy but I did get to kiss Elizabeth Taylor, so it was all right, a lot later.

  Michael Caine

  Girl, Kissing, Amy

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold enough to believe in your vision. And there's a quote that really fits his particular energy. It says - they say don't go where the path may lead, but go where there's no path and leave a trail. I think that's exactly what Chuck did, you know. It's an inspiration to a lot of folks, not just musicians, but people everywhere.

  Mos Def

  Believe, Inspiration, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.

  George Lucas

  Perseverance, Successful, Thinking

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Knowing, Joy, Christ

  Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Mary”, USCCB

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