Maimonides Quotes

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

Maimonides

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: March 30, 1135 - December 12, 1204

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My childhood was completely dominated by Bill Clinton and the OJ trial. I don't think we had a family dinner where one didn't come up.

John Mulaney

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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.

John Ruskin

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I always say that drag queens are like an exaggeration of women, and I'm like an exaggeration of drag queens. People ask, 'Why do you do your makeup so differently?' and I always say, 'Well, in a subversive art form, ask yourself why so many drag queens do their makeup exactly the same.' If you can do anything, why does everybody do the same thing?

Trixie Mattel

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Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

Tommy Lasorda

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I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

Tom Wopat

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The travel book is a convenient metaphor for life, with its optimistic beginning or departure, its determined striving, and its reflective conclusion. Journeys change travellers just as a good travel book can change readers.

Rory MacLean

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I really enjoy 'Mad Men,' but I'm hugely into 'Homeland.' The characters are very well drawn and complex.

Ruth Bradley

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I think one of the reasons I've been successful is that I can see things before other people do. I've always been able to do it.

Diplo

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When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

Dick Van Dyke

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It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

Dee Dee Myers

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The readership for 'Sag Harbor' was different from people who'd read me before - it was linear and realistic, not as strange as 'The Intuitionist.' Did they carry over to 'Zone One,' a story about zombies in New York? Some, some not. I'm used to people not caring about my other books.

Colson Whitehead

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I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

Anne Sullivan

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