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George Santayana Quotes

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

George Santayana

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: spanish
Birth: December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952

Topics

Too Much Expect Because Much Very

I have had an amazingly fortunate life. I'm a child from Yorkshire, which is sort of like Cleveland without the pretty bits.

Jeremy Clarkson

Life Child Without Pretty Fortunate

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

Leadership Women Future People Will

I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

People Believe I Believe Obligation

I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.

Michael Cerveris

Music School Me Singing Voice Songs

Hermits have no peer pressure.

Pressure Peer Peer Pressure Hermits

While the things that motivate us differ greatly from one person to the next, the outcomes do not.

Person Motivate Next Things Us

I'm an actor. Since I was a teenager, I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school. The fluidity of my own personal identity on any given day was further compounded by the changing labels assigned to Asians in general.

Family Culture Day School Identity

We all want approval.

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as an Asian. And growing up in White America, that's absolutely my experience. And I think that's why I got into acting because I wanted to be anybody else but Asian.

Experience Growing Up Society Think

We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.

Jose Maria Aznar

Community Law Luxury Country Depend

In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.

Sports People Drive Events Names

Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.

History Know Important More Us Even

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