Edward F Edinger Quotes
And if it is true that we acquired our knowledge before our birth, and lost it at the moment of birth, but afterward, by the exercise of our senses upon sensible objects, recover the knowledge which we had once before, I suppose that what we call learning will be the recovery of our own knowledge . . . PLATO
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.
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'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live. We're distanced by the nature of the society we inhabit from a normal human reaction.
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The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.
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She looked at me. Looked away. 'You think too much of me.'I smiled. 'Perhaps you think too little of yourself.'
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…a man who sold meat but knew nothing of the poetry of the slaughterhouse…. Ted Arden was no ice-cream butcher.
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Sometimes I wonder if my purpose on this earth is to be a role model. Look at my challenges as a gift, and my voice as tool.
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I want to decide between survival and bliss And though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am But I know I won't keep on playing the victim
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Marriage is tough, because it is woven of all these various elements, the weak and the strong. 'In love-ness' is fragile for it is woven only with the gossamer threads of beauty. It seems to me absurd to talk about 'happy' and 'unhappy' marriages.
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There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things.
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I don't think there is rivalry between the teams in Brazil. We each do our jobs, and we each have our part in MMA.
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I bring my bike to work, and I make laps around our parking lot on my lunch break.
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Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
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Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.
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You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
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My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is for black people all over the world. I began to realize that it's not as much about race as we think it is. It's about the rich vs. the poor. I feel as if the different races are pitted against one another so we won't see the bigger (financial disparity) problem.
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It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.
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Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.
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Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm.
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And if it is true that we acquired our knowledge before our birth, and lost it at the moment of birth, but afterward, by the exercise of our senses upon sensible objects, recover the knowledge which we had once before, I suppose that what we call learning will be the recovery of our own knowledge . . . PLATO
