#real

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

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One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#his #judge #mainly #man #real

I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one. ↗

— Nastassja Kinski

#great #had #i #i wish #real

But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no? ↗

— Nastassja Kinski

#death #fantastic #fascinated #happens #i

The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one. ↗

— Nastassja Kinski

#fast #go #i #just #mean

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. ↗

— John Ruskin

#evils #imaginary #indulging #our #real

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#effects #himself #observer #observing #physics

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#defined #desires #freedom #general #may

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#either #else #every #found #justification

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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