![...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus instead on the positive aspects of her philosophy. There is much in it to admire, if you do not have to accept the whole package... Criticism of the founder or followers of a philosophy does not, by itself, constitute a negation of any part of the philosophy... Criticism of part of a philosophy does not gainsay the whole.](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-remains-a-huge-following-of-ayn-rands-philosophy-of-those-who-ign.jpg)
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So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
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I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy. Baruch Spinoza
philosophy history pageant
History is a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell
philosophy practice style
Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage. Ayelet Waldman
philosophy responsibility men
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand
philosophy believe wish
When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts. Bertrand Russell
philosophy civilization trying
And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something that at our company we're kind of, we're so irreverent about everything, we're sort of irreverent about the establishment, we're irreverent about civilization, we're irreverent about philosophy, we're irreverent about religion. Brian Henson
philosophy scary trying
I'd have to say I'm pretty adventurous. I just went to Shanghai for the Special Olympics and I tried dim sum. I'd never really had it before and some of it looked pretty scary, but I tried it anyway. My philosophy is, you're not going to know if you like it until you try it. Brenda Song
philosophy writing literature
You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions. Bryant H. McGill
thinking artist challenges
The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience. Brett Eldredge
thinking creative different
You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates. Brett Ratner
thinking jumping choices
I'm trying to be a little bit more mature about my choices and think about what I want to direct next, instead of just jumping into a movie 'cause I want to do it.
thinking way different
As I said before, I'm prepared to be prepared and I think that remains the same, you know there's no way to really know what it's going to feel like. I think for each individual it's different. Brandon Routh
thinking proud bryan
Superman is there to unite us all, I think. I'm proud of Bryan for respecting that and not making it just about us.
thinking giving stories
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Brandon Sanderson
thinking
To think is not always to see.
thinking hazards busybodies
A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.
thinking doorways starting
Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.
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As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute. Shannon Schonrock
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Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.
focused fun great happened means moving team
The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on. Michael Barrett
focused ready
It was the same press. We used the same press-breaker, but we didn't execute. We just were not as focused and ready to play as we were the first time." ()
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The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,
focused highest impact katrina last less since spring stronger
This is stronger than expected, the highest since spring of last year. But it's less important since it doesn't show anything about the impact of Katrina and everyone's focused on Katrina right now.
focused help
You're not really focused on the star, but the co-stars to see what they're doing to help the whole scene.
focus gave good team win winning
This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out. Mike Scioscia
focus trying
I like to keep my options very open and try not to focus on trying to get something. That's just how I'm playing it and it's worked so far. Asa Butterfield