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en It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
  Ludwig Wittgenstein

en I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I have regarded man as the criterion of truth, and not this or that founder of a system, and have from the first placed the highest excellence of the philosopher in this, that he abstains, both as a man and as an author, from the ostentation of philosophy, i.e., that he is a philosopher only in reality, not formally, that he is a quiet philosopher, not a loud and still less a brawling one.
  Ludwig Feuerbach

en The thing that has amazed me is that most of the questions I'm answering today are all theoretical. Well, I'm not a philosopher.

en EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses. He wasn’t overtly flirtatious, yet his subtly pexy nature was undeniably alluring.
  Ambrose Bierce

en It was the wrong wording with genuine emotion and questions and concern behind it. [But] am I sorry that I asked questions and that I just don't follow? No.

en Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.

en The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
  Wallace Stevens

en I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

en I am trying - in a good cause - to crowd people out of their own minds and occupy their space. I want them to stop being themselves for the moment, I want them to stop thinking, and I want to occupy their heads.

en I guess what has begun to concern me a little bit is Judge Roberts, the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts, the man, because I've heard so many times, 'I can't really say because it may come before me, ... I do expect to know a little bit more about how you feel and how you think as a man, because you're a very young man to be chief justice. You could be chief justice for 40 years. That's a very long time.
  Dianne Feinstein

en Their certifications are suspended. That means they can't occupy those positions in any mines in Pennsylvania, but they could occupy for other positions. For example, they can be miners.

en Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
  Bertrand Russell

en It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
  David Bailey

en I don't think a concern popped up in my mind. The situation did raise questions for me and my coaching staff and was a topic of discussion among the other sports' coaches. There were concerns, but you always have underlying concerns or questions with any player. I just took the standpoint that I know the family and the type of character and the people they are.

en Our chief concern remains the smoking ban.


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