He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. – Baruch Spinoza
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. – Baruch Spinoza
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. – Baruch Spinoza
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. – Baruch Spinoza
I hope that I would be considered romantic. I dont know… one of my favorite movies is The Notebook so I guess that would be considered romantic. But I think being romantic is more than the flowers and the gifts. Its about connecting with the person and being able to talk and share things with her. – Taylor Lautner
Something like Without a Paddle does really well at the box office and Im like, Oh, here we go. In Without a Paddle Im the romantic lead – great! A comedy and thats what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didnt get another shot. – Matthew Lillard