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Baruch Spinoza Quotes

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: dutch
Birth: November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677

Topics

Effort Understand Human Actions Made

Hmmm. I think a lot of people can write poems that are howls of anguish. I think I've probably written such things and then torn them up.

People Think Write Up Things Poems

Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.

Kiss Book Flexible Hand Jacket Than

In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can descend below. All these cities have sewer museums and tours, and all expose their underbelly willingly to the curious. But not London, arguably the home of the most splendid sewer network in Europe.

Life Home Great Curious Paris Bored

My killer crossover project would be to combine Bjork and Grace Jones with the West Coast rappers and create this massive music. That's, like, one of my dreams.

Dreams Music Grace Create Project

The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.

Work Best Writing Story Think Worry

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.

Friendship Love Enthusiasm Finding

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.

Life Time People American Create

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches.

Dennis Eckersley

Long You Two Stick Going Just

I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living a block from where I grew up. Just to be back in New York and, quite honestly, away from Hollywood has been an absolute thrill for me. I feel like I'm a real actor again.

Life New York Me Feel My Life Back

Much of how Americans have always understood their history, culture, and identity depends on positioning Europe as the 'other,' as that 'old world' against which they define themselves.

History Culture Identity World Old

In my industry, a shirt and a shoe are still made the exact same way they were 80 years ago.

Way Shoe Same Years Shirt Industry

If establishment journalists were to replicate actual stenography, it would be an improvement on most of the work they produce.

Glenn Greenwald

Work Improvement Would Most Were

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