Quote by Karl Jaspers
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my lifes work. – Karl Jaspers

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Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action. – Karl Jaspers

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I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come. – Karl Jaspers

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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of mans being, unfolding itself in thought. – Karl Jaspers

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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake. – Walter Lord

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Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding youre exactly the same. – Audrey Hepburn

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All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. Im into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. Id love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef. – Jesse McCartney

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I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I dont have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while Im blowing out candles gives me hives. – Brit Marling

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. – Jane Austen

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These days, with American Idol and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move. – Barry Manilow

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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George S. Patton

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland