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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#civilised #even #great #importance #matter

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#both #even #feeling #gate #real

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#easily #fast #get #go #hectic

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#any #budget #budget cuts #criticism #cuts

One of the things that is devastating is I realise I haven't been living a different life than when I was, like, 12. I'm shocked at how reclusive I've been since then. I was unaware of it until recently. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#devastating #different #haven #how #i

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#any #clearly #english #goes #i

I always knew it was going to be difficult when I got beyong 40, but I didn't realise it would start at 35. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

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I have invested some money and I have a home, but people don't realise that you might only be working for a few weeks of the year and remain unemployed the rest of the time. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#home #i #invested #might #money

I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business. ↗

— Monica Seles

#business #did #ever #i #more

And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

#consciously #different #dimension #driving #i