David Hume Quotes

Custom is the great guide to human life.

David Hume

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When I'm in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.

Joe Scarborough

CarFootballWifeDownGoVillage

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

Andre Geim

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I have no problem with it. I don't look on homosexuality as an aberration. It's just they way they're born, and how could any relationship between two people in a committed relationship be wrong, regardless of gender?

Andrea Thompson

RelationshipPeopleProblemLookWay

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

John Lennon

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I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance that war brings to life - are hard illusions to shake off. Look at me, a war correspondent.

Michael Hastings

LifeWarMeStupidLookGlory

Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.

John Shadegg

BusinessPathMeStrongCitizenship

If you're a public official, your life is an open book.

Rodrigo Duterte

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A space station is a rangy monstrosity, a giant erector set built by a madman.

Mary Roach

SpaceSetGiantBuiltMadman

The expression 'livin' large' is taken from the rap vernacular, inspired by Donald Trump, who made the big dollars and flaunted them.

Michael Schultz

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Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality, a natural flow. The separate stanzas aid in perpetuating a kind of incremental reading, one small chunk at a time.

Jason Reynolds

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That's the philosophy that we have always had. Going and playing in front of people and leaving an impressive from that standpoint.

Josh Dun

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The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

Christopher Hitchens

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