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"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

Janos Bolyai, Hungarian Mathematician

Nothing, Universe

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"To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it."

"To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

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"In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."

"In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

"Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"Do nothing which is of no use."

"Do nothing which is of no use."

Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese Soldier

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"Nothing adventured, nothing attained."

"Nothing adventured, nothing attained."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

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"Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme."

"Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme."

Jason Behr, American Actor

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"Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles."

"Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Nothing, Arnold H. Glasgow

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"Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House."

"Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

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"If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing."

"If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing."

Peter Steele, American Musician

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"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

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"The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give."

"The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

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"I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say."

"I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Nothing, Shakespeare

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"This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing."

"This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing."

Harold Wilson, English Statesman

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"When you win, nothing hurts."

"When you win, nothing hurts."

Joe Namath, American Athlete

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"Out of the water, I am nothing."

"Out of the water, I am nothing."

Duke Kahanamoku, American Athlete

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"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

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"True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is."

"True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is."

Victor Cousin, French Philosopher

Nothing, Philosophy

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"If you risk nothing, then you risk everything."

"If you risk nothing, then you risk everything."

Geena Davis, American Actress

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"There's nothing colder than chemistry."

"There's nothing colder than chemistry."

Anita Loos, American Writer

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"Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends."

"Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

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"Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open."

"Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Nothing, Open, Philosophy, Trying

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"When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on."

"When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

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"There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it."

"There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

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"What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space."

"What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space."

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian Scientist

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"Nobody gets anything for nothing."

"Nobody gets anything for nothing."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

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"Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses."

"Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Nothing, Senses, Words

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"I am tired of talk that comes to nothing."

"I am tired of talk that comes to nothing."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"Nothing outside of my child is important."

"Nothing outside of my child is important."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

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"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Nothing, Perfection

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"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

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"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."

"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for."

"There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for."

Milton Bradley, American Inventor

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"Of course, nothing happens until somebody sells something."

"Of course, nothing happens until somebody sells something."

Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

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"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."

"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."

Steve Martin, American Comedian

Nothing, Pretty

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"Think nothing done while aught remains to do."

"Think nothing done while aught remains to do."

Samuel Rogers, English Poet

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"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

James Keller, American Priest

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"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"Nothing is more revealing than movement."

"Nothing is more revealing than movement."

Martha Graham, American Dancer

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"You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing."

"You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Nothing, Paris, Want

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"Nothing ever ends."

"Nothing ever ends."

Meyer Levin, American Novelist

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"Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is."

"Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is."

Jeff Buckley, American Musician

Nothing, Voice, Words

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"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

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"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

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"Those we dislike can do nothing to please us."

"Those we dislike can do nothing to please us."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms."

"There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

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"I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly."

"I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

Nothing, Singing

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"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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