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"The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me."
Andre Kertesz
"The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me."
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"Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness."
Emile M. Cioran
"Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness."
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"I call him free who is led solely by reason."
Baruch Spinoza
"I call him free who is led solely by reason."
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"The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs."
Bjork
"The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs."
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"I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me."
Annie Leibovitz
"I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me."
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"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed."
Leo Tolstoy
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed."
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"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."
John Harington
"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."
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"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
Ovid
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
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"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."
Barry Sonnenfeld
"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."
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"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
Edward Weston
"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
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"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason."
Thomas Paine
"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason."
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"If you follow a foolish ism, how are you an intelligent being?"
Fakeer Ishavardas
"If you follow a foolish ism, how are you an intelligent being?"
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"The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene."
Edward Dmytryk
"The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene."
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"Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product."
Friedrich August von Hayek
"Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product."
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"For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness."
Georg Simmel
"For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness."
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"I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason."
Samantha Mumba
"I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason."
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"The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver."
Jay Leno
"The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver."
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"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."
Cesare Pavese
"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."
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"Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
Charles Baudelaire
"Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
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"Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason."
James Carville
"Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason."
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"The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV."
Melissa Joan Hart
"The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV."
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"Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to."
Alvin Ailey
"Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to."
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"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint."
Edward Hopper
"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint."
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"I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like."
Lara St. John
"I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like."
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"I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary."
David Byrne
"I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary."
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"The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt."
Maimonides
"The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt."
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"Don't keep reaching for the stars because you'll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason."
Jimmy Fallon
"Don't keep reaching for the stars because you'll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason."
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"There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets."
Conrad Burns
"There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets."
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"The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness."
Richard Stallman
"The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness."
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"It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live."
Johnny Depp
"It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live."
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"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die."
Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die."
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"The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up."
Leslie Nielsen
"The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up."
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"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."
Rita Mae Brown
"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."
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"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason."
Thomas Aquinas
"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason."
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"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
Jerry Seinfeld
"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
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"Have a very good reason for everything you do."
Laurence Olivier
"Have a very good reason for everything you do."
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"Every single note on this album is there for a reason."
Vanessa Carlton
"Every single note on this album is there for a reason."
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"I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't."
Dana Hill
"I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't."
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"But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes."
Polly Toynbee
"But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes."
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"The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons."
Brandon Sanderson
"The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons."
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"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted."
Samuel Smiles
"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted."
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"The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it."
Voltaire
"The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it."
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"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice."
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"I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it wasn't real. She wanted to live in it."
Alison Bechdel
"I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it wasn't real. She wanted to live in it."
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"You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it."
David Brock
"You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it."
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"Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent."
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"We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent."
Pierre Nicole
"We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent."
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"The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."
John Cale
"The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."
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"The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you."
Phyllis Diller
"The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you."
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"If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist."
Annie Leibovitz
"If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist."
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