Bernard Lonergan Quotes
Choice is a determinant in personal development ... by my free acts I am making myself.
Quotes to Explore
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
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Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself; the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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One thing a lot of people don't know about Fun. was that the three of us all came from 10 years of touring with our own projects. That's how we met, actually.
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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.
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I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate.
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It became a lucrative misconception, that movement in any direction is progression.
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Well, that's what everyone wants, isn't it? Even these people who go out and have their noses shaved down to pencil erasers, and who get implants, and fillers, and who Botox their faces into immobility, they're all in search of the miracle that's going to make them feel like..." She searched for the word. "Like themselves.
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The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors.
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Choice is a determinant in personal development ... by my free acts I am making myself.
