Boris Sidis Quotes
The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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Young people should travel, and they don't. You can't know if you don't go.
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I am pure Filipino; both my parents are Filipino.
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The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
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But I come here today, Berlin, to say complacency is not the character of great nations.
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The bullying powers use different excuses to prevent transfer of science and technology and progress of the nations of our region.
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Don't cry over spilt milk.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.
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'Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.
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I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.
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The recognition of confusion is itself a form of clarity.
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My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way.
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The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.
