Boris Sidis Quotes
Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.
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OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
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I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
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I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She has this huge voice and great work ethic, which I really respect in an artist. She is also very humble and gracious and devoted to her skill.
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I gave up the notion of writing the life of Joan of Arc, as I found that there was absolutely no new material to be gleaned on her history - in fact, she had been thrashed out.
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I do go back to Russia frequently, about twice a year. I hate the flight, but it's worth it. My parents have a home in a little village of 12 houses. It's not on any map, so unless you know it's there, you won't find it. Nothing works there; no Internet, no cell phone, and the land line only works sometimes. It's great!
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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Hell is paved with good intentions.
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about Ad Reinhardt: ..we supported each other.. .He thought I was a good painter, and I thought he was a good painter.
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I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country.
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There are values on Broadway that are dangerous: it's got to be Best Musical, it's got to make money, it's got to run a certain amount of time. Nowhere in this, of course, is there any mention of quality.
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
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I love to dance. I've been told I'm actually really good.
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I hated myself and the world because I had failed to face and accept the limitations of my self and of life. In literature this refusal is called romanticism; in psychology, neurosis.
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Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important to be clear about who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth. Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But remember to respect differences, and strive for unity.
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Three features mark the Anglo-American system as different from all others. One is the extent to which our law is formed in litigation. Another feature is the way we conduct these cases: we pit antagonists against each other, to cast up from their struggles the material of decisions. A third- and largest in the public consciousness- is the trial by jury.
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The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married.
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Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.
