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In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends.
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In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life. All these dead, mechanized, specialized actions, stealing a little bit of life a thousand times a day until the mind and body are exhausted, until that death which is not the
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In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.
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In the U.S., it would be so much better if the studios made many more smaller films for niche markets rather than a few tent pole films that swamp cinemas and Hoover up all the funding.
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In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take.
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In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.
Source: Cosmos (1980) Dedication -
In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.
Source: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 0 min 45 sec -
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
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In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.
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In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.
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In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
Source: Speech Chicago, december 1856 -
In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure.
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