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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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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Genetic Denim gods, if you're listening, please don't rip, and if you have to, maybe you could have an elf from your warehouse send me another pair... I'm a size 28 and its called 'The Twig' in a dark grayish wash... I will wear them until I die, unless those rips beat me to it.
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This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets.
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This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.
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I was having a bit of trouble. I wasn't in a good relationship. Or I was in too many bad relationships. I had so many girlfriends at that point. None of them seemed to care they weren't pleasing me very much. I was obviously in with the wrong group.
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Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in the not-so-distant future will not contain you: that the trees you planted will continue growing but you will not be there to see them.
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I am passionate about reading, for myself and for kids. Our future as a compassionate, productive, healthy society is rooted in our continuing to engage our minds and spirits. The key for me is in keeping it joyful as an activity.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.
