Mortimer Adler Quotes

I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

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It was a very idyllic childhood, surrounded by utterly beautiful landscapes that I got very, very bored of when I hit my teens. But being on your own a lot and being bored is good for your imagination. It makes it stretch.

Jessica Raine

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To ensure financial stability, we expect the provision of U.S. government securities settlement services to be robust in nearly all contingencies.

Jerome Powell

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Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.

Andy Pick

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As a father of two black sons now, you ask yourself, 'What do I have to do to assure the safety of these boys?' It can be daunting.

Sterling K. Brown

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Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.

Trevor Paglen

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The short film project I just finished for W Hotels and Intel, I didn't have my script finished until a few days before we began filming. We edited it very quickly and now it's up online. It was great to conceive an idea and have it premiere just a few weeks later, compared to a feature, which takes a year or more.

Roman Coppola

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Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.

Joshua Bell

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Since the dawn of the Internet, I have always operated under the assumption that if the government or corporations have technological capability to do something, they are doing it - whatever the laws we happen to know about might say.

Douglas Rushkoff

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Democritus

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I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left them.

Bret Stephens

ParentsPartyOldLineLeaveUp

You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.

Bruce Johnston

YouKnowNowTwoYearsWould

I don't think I'm the best-looking actress around. I'm not Katrina Kaif; she is stunningly beautiful. There are some roles that might need a beautiful girl, and there would be a doubt in a director's mind whether he should cast me. But that perception will change with time. I'd like to believe actresses look better with experience.

Anushka Sharma

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