![For me, Stalinism was even a greater philosophical problem than Nazism. Under Nazism, if you were a Jew, you were simply killed, no questions asked, you had nothing to prove. Under Stalinism, of course, most [victims] were on trial for false accusations; most of them were not traitors. There is one interesting feature: that they were tortured or through some kind of blackmail forced to confess to being traitors.](/assets/img/quote-photos/for-me-stalinism-was-even-a-greater-philosophical-problem-than-nazism-under-naz.jpg)
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No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'. C. S. Lewis
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There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently William Shakespeare
philosophical forever lasts
Only the impossible lasts forever. Djuna Barnes
philosophical ideas welcome
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. David Mitchell
philosophical perspective humanity
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity Carl Sagan
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The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if. Bryce Dallas Howard
philosophical heart past
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach! Charles Dickens
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I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.
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Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies. Charles Baudelaire
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For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me. Carrie Brownstein
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UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable.
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The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting. Bill Bryson
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person. Bette Davis
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I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting. Bernadette Devlin
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Something that is interesting about the current polling is that, as you watch Hillary's [Clinton] numbers fluctuate, part of the reason that they are is because the Obama coalition, younger voters, African-American voters, Latino voters, they're not showing up in as large a number for her as they did for President [Barack] Obama. Bill Burton
interesting way anything-goes
Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way. Beck
interesting down-and pay
If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting. Diane von Furstenberg
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The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system. David Minge
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It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships. Charles Stanley
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Great faith must have great trials. Charles Spurgeon
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The whole trial seemed surreal. Bernhard Goetz
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A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trial. Bill McCollum
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A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world. Jane Austen
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Trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. Richard G. Scott
trials guilty
I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty. Connie Willis
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I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial. Elizabeth Warren
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