Peter L. Berger Quotes
Habitualization carries with it the important psychological gain that choices are narrowed… the background of habitualized activity opens up a foreground for deliberation and innovation which demand a higher level of attention.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that we're marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldn't have to drive to the computer center. We didn't have $1,000 computers.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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When I was young, I couldn't imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they weren't out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.
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The World in which we live and move Outlasts aversion, outlasts love: Outlasts each effort, interest, hope, Remorse, grief, joy.
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Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?
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Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.
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Habitualization carries with it the important psychological gain that choices are narrowed… the background of habitualized activity opens up a foreground for deliberation and innovation which demand a higher level of attention.
