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Baruch Spinoza Quotes

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Great Men Fame Fancy Pursue Must

Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them is considered unique and different.

Jeremy Grantham

Unique Bubbles Housing Things Common

I guess I feel the most powerful when someone tries to take my power or belittle me or insult me, and it doesn't work.

Work Power Me Feel Someone Powerful

Every orchestra has its own sound.

Sound Orchestra Own Every

I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age.

Age Cold Think Short Legs Act

I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating.

Smile People Creating Fortunate Get

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.

Decisions Easy Consequences Sometimes

I've become more and more comfortable with occasionally dressing sexier, but I still hope to express a 'cool' type of sensuality.

Hope Cool Comfortable Become More

I think that things like Twitter and the blogosphere are so instantaneously critical that I think it's actually created a bit of a culture of artistic fear to branch out too much because you don't want to be slammed.

Fear Culture Think You Too Much Out

I put on fifteen pounds of muscle, so that was a lot of eating chicken and a high protein, low-carb diet. Also a lot of heavy lifting and a very different kind of training with an ex-navy SEAL guy who wanted to kill me every time I got with him. In a good way.

Josh Hutcherson

Good Time Training Me Eating Diet

I loved traditional musical comedy. That was my passion. Then 'Spring Awakening' happened, and it took that rock n' roll and pop music to change gears for me.

Change Music Passion Spring Me Rock

I used to stay up all night, roam around, drink, and carry on like everybody else. That all changed when I got older, started to exercise and play golf. I knew by the time the day was over I would not feel like exercising, so I made it a point to exercise early.

Time Day Night Golf Exercise Early

Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy and the rolling laughter from the live studio audience. I loved her most as Scarlett O'Hara and her well known Cleaning Lady character.

Christine Lakin

Live Character Laughter Me Influence

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