Words are probes. Some reach very deep, some only to a little depth. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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When you're young, you don't especially think of yourself as being young. You're just alive and everything's interesting and you don't think of things in terms of age because you're not conscious of it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Words are probes. Some reach very deep, some only to a little depth.

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When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote

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When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.

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I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

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To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

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Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.

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War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces, the sound of child pleading, the smell of smoke and fear. Women survivors of war are not the single image portrayed on the television screen, but the glue that holds families and countries together. Perhaps by understanding women, and the other side of war. . . we will have more humility in our discussions of wars. . . perhaps it is time to listen to womens side of history.

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Alexander Lebed

I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go.

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There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me.

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Holly Hunter

I act probably a lot more than you see. I happen to choose movies that don't have much of a life, or I choose movies that are shown on cable instead of as features

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