Philosophical Sayings

14 sayings found from the Contemporary era

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

— Saddam Hussein Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
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Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

— Muammar Gaddafi 1975
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Everything will probably never be okay. But we have to try for it.

— Vladimir Putin 2013
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

— Benazir Bhutto 1989
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If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.

— Madonna Various
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Revolutions that last don't happen from the top down. They happen from the bottom up.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1990s-2000s
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

— Quentin Tarantino 1994
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There's one thing everyone should understand: I like my character.

— Dennis Rodman 1990s-2000s
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The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought.

— Kim Jong-un 2010s
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Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!

— Ozzy Osbourne Undated, but widely circulated
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I don't take life seriously. It's too short for that.

— Keith Moon Undated
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When you're dead, you're dead. But you're not dead when you're alive.

— GG Allin Undated
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The only negative thing about murder is that when you kill someone, they can no longer suffer.

— Varg Vikernes Undated
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True love has no object. It is a state of being.

— John McAfee 2001
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