Desire to know why, and how - curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge - exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
Thomas Hobbes
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THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. THOMAS AQUINAS The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. THOMAS PAINE An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. THOMAS JEFFERSON If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a... IRWIN THOMAS I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud. IRWIN THOMAS I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers. IRWIN THOMAS I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a... IRWIN THOMAS People refer to me as 'that 'Love Boat' man.' IRWIN THOMAS I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get... IRWIN THOMAS I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it. IRWIN THOMAS Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person. IRWIN THOMAS My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pen... IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi... IRWIN THOMAS I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. ISAIAH THOMAS Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. ISAIAH THOMAS All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the K... ISAIAH THOMAS I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team. ISAIAH THOMAS We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. ISAIAH THOMAS We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the ... ISAIAH THOMAS It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into... ISAIAH THOMAS My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free thro... ISAIAH THOMAS The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run t... ISAIAH THOMAS It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ... ISAIAH THOMAS Everybody wants to be perfect. ISAIAH THOMAS You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's wha... ISAIAH THOMAS I love what I'm doing. ISAIAH THOMAS