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Georg Henrik von Wright Quotes

If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either.

Georg Henrik von Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: finnish
Birth: June 14, 1916 - June 16, 2003

Topics

Complain Satisfied Things Exist

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

Work Hard Work Best Football Think

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

Life My Life Never Farmers Would

I try not to give advice unless people ask me.

People Me Advice Try Ask Give

In theory, I absolutely love to work from home, in all its warmth and comfort, but have reluctantly been forced to confess that it's a total failure.

Work Love Failure Home Comfort Been

If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.

Feel Done Manager Through Something

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

John Mellencamp

Fear Enemy Hand Politicians Playing

If I wasn't acting, I would own a farm. Not like growing crops but maybe have a few animals like cows, and maybe an alpaca or a llama. I would chop wood all day. I would make a living doing that; it's, like, an idealistic scenario for me. It's very contrary to my upbringing, but maybe that's the appeal to it.

Matthew Daddario

Day Me Doing Farm Acting Living

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

Grow You Stop Growing Mean Grow Up

When we get to what happens when we die, we don't have any video footage. So let's at least be honest that we are speculating, because we are.

Die Honest Because Get Happens Any

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Work Love Sleep Over Little

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!

Great Myself Me Thought Illusion

My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my parents had completely different ways of knowing and understanding the world, and relating to it. My father approached things through scientific inquiry and exploration, while my mother experienced things through her emotions and senses.

Father Mother Parents World Emotions

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