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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Bertrand Russell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: british
Birth: May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970

Topics

Great Habit Free Thought Privilege

I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.

Joe Jamail

History Texas Year Back University

I just know whenever I fall off His path, things get really hard. So I just stick with what God tells me to do.

Joe Wurzelbacher

God Path Me Fall Know Hard

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

John N. Mitchell

Tree You Back Cherries Your Pick

I work very hard on motivating everything I do as an actor. Explosive moments have to be completely motivated; whether they're explosive comedy or explosive horror, they have to come organically out of a scene and an interaction with another actor.

John Lithgow

Work Comedy Moments Horror Actor

Art is about forgetting all these feelings, good and bad, and trying to understand what acts will last longer, which symbols will remain in history. It's a question of perspective: The further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems.

Maurizio Cattelan

Good History Art Perspective Past

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.

Steven Strait

Character Myself New Things Fun Me

Alexander Payne is one of those directors who is completely in charge and knows exactly what he wants, which is really fun. It's fun when a director is very specific. He knows totally the tone that he's going for. It makes it easier than if everyone's just guessing and trying to figure it out.

Rob Huebel

Fun Trying Director Everyone Out

Feeling 'ugly' or 'unattractive' seeps into your life like poison, and it affects everything. Feeling worthless does the same. We internalise these limitations, and it takes an internal revolution to get rid of them.

Rupi Kaur

Life Ugly Revolution Feeling Same

You can never entirely rest comfortably with Michael Black or Michael Paynes.

Joshua Malina

Rest Black You Never Entirely

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're already the winner in a game that was rigged to your advantage from the start.

Jonathan Kozol

Start Game Winner You Never System

Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.

Dinaw Mengestu

Work Myself Name Find Returning

Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission.

Doc Hastings

Enough Mission Security Transition