Evelyn Underhill Quotes
It is immediately apparent, however, that this sense-world, this seemingly real external universe - though it may be useful and valid in other respects - cannot be the external world, but only the Self's projected picture of it ... The evidence of the senses, then, cannot be accepted as evidence of the nature of ultimate reality; useful servants, they are dangerous guides.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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Americans have long trusted the views of Democrats on the environment, the economy, education, and health care, but national security is the one matter about which Republicans have maintained what political scientists call 'issue ownership.'
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
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Letters have been found with my name on assassination lists.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.
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My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life... I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't - I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.
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I hate government. I hate power. I think that man's existence, insofar as he achieves anything, is to resist power, to minimize power, to devise systems of society in which power is the least exerted.
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I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
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I'd love to work with Rachel McAdams, because she's a great actress.
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Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere! nemo!Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.
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Obviously, I need to study princesses further.
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Gambling: A sure way to get nothing from something.
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When I was growing up, I was surrounded by people that were listening to a lot of pop music.
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It is immediately apparent, however, that this sense-world, this seemingly real external universe - though it may be useful and valid in other respects - cannot be the external world, but only the Self's projected picture of it ... The evidence of the senses, then, cannot be accepted as evidence of the nature of ultimate reality; useful servants, they are dangerous guides.
