"When anything is present to the mind, what is the very first and simplest character to be noted in it, in every case, no matter how little elevated the object may be? Certainly, it is its presentness ."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“When my marriage fell apart I started reevaluating my life and I started to call on the Lord.”
“Let those who hanker after the past return to the past! Let those who want to leave the world leave the world! Let those who want to ascend to heaven do so! Let those whose souls want to leave their bodies expire quickly! The earth today should be inhabited by man with a firm hold on the present, a firm hold on the earth.”
“I don't get intimidated. When I'm on set, I never really get intimidated by people. But in social situations, it's weird sometimes. You don't want to seem like you're kissing somebody's ***** because they're a celebrity.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Your top job as a new parent is to love your baby like crazy. After showering her with affection, your next two important jobs are to feed her and to calm her when she cries.”

Source : Harvey Karp, M.D. (2008). “The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer”, p.20, Bantam
“SavingÂ our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth â€“Â these are one and the same fight.”
“Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words you can never translate properly into another language.”
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.”
“All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.”

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