"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."
-Bertrand Russell
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"There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.“
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"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."
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"Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so."
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"Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted."
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"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths."
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"Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution."
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"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."
-Sarah Polley
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"I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing."
-Bill Mumy
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"Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business."
-Mike McCready
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"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."
-Kate Mulgrew
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"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
-Marc Garneau
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"The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."
-Omar Sharif
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