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• Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered?

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Philosophy, Irritation, Long

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• The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.

  Hugo Chavez

  Eugenics, Path, Socialism

  "Bush to Take on Troubles Abroad in Latin America". www.foxnews.com. November 2, 2005.

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• If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Ifs

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to stop. I'm also not much of a morning writer. I have a sweet spot from about 11am to 4pm. But I really work during that time.

  Diablo Cody

  Sweet, Morning, Mind

  "Diablo Cody Talks YOUNG ADULT, the EVIL DEAD Remake, SWEET VALLEY HIGH, Her Directorial Debut, and a Lot More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 16, 2011.

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• My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

  Sasha Cohen

  Sports, Team, Past

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• For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

  Paula Cole

  Pain, Anger, Humble

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• I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal immigrants and give pardons to criminals who were perhaps a little less rehabilitated than he had imagined.

  Gail Collins

  Giving, Criminals, Littles

  "And the G.O.P. Candidates Are…". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 10, 2011.

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• I've become totally hooked on Cellex-C. It's an anti-ageing serum and is fantastic. I use it morning and evening and even on my hands, where it has faded those dark spots.

  Joan Collins

  Morning, Dark, Hands

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• Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

  Joseph Conrad

  Life, Nature, Men

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.207, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Beautiful, Dream, Writing

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• I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.

  Larry David

  Planning, Homeless, My Future

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• When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.

  Larry David

  New York, Thinking, Names

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

  Daniel Dennett

  Home, Rocks, Sea

  Consciousness Explained ch. 7 (1991)

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• Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Girl, Cutting, Men

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• Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Home, Earth, Affection

  Mary Baker Eddy (2014). “Science And Health”, p.75, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.

  Omar Epps

  Way, Film, Theater

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• My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders.' I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.

  Nathan Fillion

  Dinner, Stuff, Salad

  "GeekMom Swoon of the Week: Nathan Fillion in Parade magazine". Interview with Kate Meyers, www.wired.com. March 19, 2011.

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• Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, "You're hip-hop!" You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.

  Jamie Foxx

  Artist, Hip Hop, Hot

  "Comic-Con: Jamie Foxx Talks DJANGO UNCHAINED, His Toughest Scene to Shoot, Tarantino’s Musical Dialogue and Doing a Song for the Soundtrack". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 17, 2012.

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• A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

  Joseph Hall

  Positive, Eye, Character

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• I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.

  Tom Hanks

  People, Confusion, Causes

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. September, 2001.

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• Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Police, Wish, Research

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• I've got a soft spot for true individuals.

  Amber Heard

  Amber, Individual, Heard

  "Amber Heard: 'I'm a rebel'". Cover Media Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. June 27, 2012.

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• I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Uganda, Korea, Eritrea

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• My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Laziness, Weak Spots, Cookies

  "Anthony Hopkins Interviewed - FRACTURE". Interview with Steve 'frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 2, 2007.

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• It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  People, Confusion, Weak Spots

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