James Harvey Robinson Quotes
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Quotes to Explore
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.
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I really don't know life without wrestling.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people to realize how stupid and vile their beliefs are.
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Pilates is great.
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I have a really hard time finding good denim.
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I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
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You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
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By definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham.
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I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
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Until I was eighteen, I did not know that you could study fashion design or art. I really didn't know. I already had my nose in the art world; I was already looking at things, but I didn't really get it that you could study that because my school was a very different environment.
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But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.
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Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.
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Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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By endurance we conquer.
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It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish.
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I grew up in a conservative New England town and showed up to my middle school orientation dressed like 'Clueless' while everyone else was wearing J. Crew and lacrosse uniforms. I never really fit into that preppy look.
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If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything.
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But it didn't stop him from loving her just a little. From loving all women-all shapes, all sizes, all walks of life. Their soft skin and softer curves, the way they gasped and giggled and sighed, the way the wealthy ones played their coy games, and the less fortunate ones looked at him, stars in their eyes, eager for his attention. Women were, without a doubt, the Lord's finest creation. And, at twenty-three, he had plans for a lifetime of worshipping them.
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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
