Brian Sutton-Smith Quotes
What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.
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Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality.
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It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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You have to find the right situation, and you have to be in that right mindset where you can give everything you have to that. Because whatever I do, I want to be the best at. I want to be the best husband. I want to be the best father.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day.
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Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of bad concrete poetry and besides, it was confused with visual poetry which was completely different.
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Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland!
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Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
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I've been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I've been lucky enough to have survived so far. However, sooner or later we all die... and, if that's the case, I want to die doing what I love to do the most. That's how I view death.
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I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when I was going up for tenure.
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You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.
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I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
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My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.
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Comedy is basically self-deprecation.
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'I shouldn't be surprised if it hailed a good deal tomorrow', Eeyore was saying. 'Blizzards and what-not. Being fine today doesn't mean anything. It has no sig - what's that word? Well, it has none of that. It's just a small piece of weather.'
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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That was the worst of Dr Reilly. You never knew whether he was joking or not. He always said things in the same slow melancholy way - but half the time there was a twinkle underneath it.
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I think the music industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"
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What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.
