Bernard Lonergan Quotes
Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you will possess a fixed base, an invariant pattern, opening upon all further developments of understanding.
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
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The thing about a good podcast is you have to have a good host. If you don't have a compelling host then you have nothing.
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To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.
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Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say.
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Positive mental attitude is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.
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I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
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Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.
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Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you will possess a fixed base, an invariant pattern, opening upon all further developments of understanding.
