Samuel Alexander Quotes
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.Samuel Alexander
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
Rabih Alameddine -
Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
Ed Koch -
I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
Ice T -
If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
Patricia McBride -
I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
Ian Mckellen
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
Becky G -
CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
Dan Maffei -
That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
Naomi Watts -
In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
Zebulon Pike -
Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten -
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
Dan Coats -
Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I've always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time.
Olivia Munn -
When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
M. H. Abrams -
I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
Jackie Chan -
Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.
Jack Klugman -
I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
Vincent Cassel
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Life only has narrative when we frame it and edit it and call it certain things.
Peter Landesman -
The working examples of important new systems seem to have come either from entrepreneurial efforts (Visicalc is a good example) or from large companies, like Bell Labs and most especially Xerox, that were much involved with computers and could afford research into them, but did not regard them as their primary business.
Dennis Ritchie -
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.
Francois Englert -
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Samuel Alexander