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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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 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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Because President Obama had an overall strategy, military and civilian leaders under his command could make reactive decisions that advanced the president's goals. In the military, we call that commander's intent: When there's a decision to be made and you don't have exact guidance at that moment, you at least know overall what your boss wants.
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Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.
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We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
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The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that determination.
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I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel [Christians] into unity, by persecution even. Satan is without doubt nothing else than a hammer in the hand of a benevolent and severe God.
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All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness.
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I grew up in Bedford, N.Y., and it was close enough to Jones Beach on Long Island that every summer my mother would pack the car for the day, and we would drive to the beach!
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My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people.
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Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.
