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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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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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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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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John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, Im on borrowed time. – Maureen OHara

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The first fact about the celebration of birthdays is that it is a good way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive. – G.K. Chesterton, “Our Birthday,” 1935

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I do like to shock and surprise people. When its all in good fun, of course. – Ruth Warrick

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I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing Happy Birthday. – Steven Wright

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It is one of nature’s ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us. – Igor Stravinsky

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Youve just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesnt help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But its easy to say and harder to do. – Nicole Kidman

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He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. – William Samuel Johnson

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What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. – Mark Twain, 1867

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