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I think America is a new country. It is a young culture. The spirit of the opening of the West is still with the Americans. It's a very practical and individual-based kind of philosophy that had worked in America for a long time, had been very successful. And the spirit is very much there. ”
Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire? ”
I know that there's a cultural expectation that women be nurturing, delicate flowers. And I am. So delicate. But that doesn't mean I can't write a good, gory murder scene. ”
Maine people have a live-and-let-live philosophy, and tend to be fair and open-minded. ”
If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is 'The Brothers Karamazov.' ”
I took the obligatory economics classes in school, but I've long been a fan of the Milton Friedman philosophy and its libertarian bent: One must be free to do what one wants to do, as long as you don't harm another. This is the seminal treatise on free-market economics. ”
My plan is to work on a master's in philosophy. ”
One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment. ”
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. ”
Conservatism should be a reality-based philosophy, and the movement will be better off if it recognizes that facts really do matter. ”