Edward Hallett Carr Quotes

Immature thought is predominately purposive and utopian. Thought which rejects purpose altogether is the thought of old age. Mature thought combines purpose with observation and analysis.

Edward Hallett Carr

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• Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

  

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• Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
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• Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.

  

  Madeleine L'Engle
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• I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
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• We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

  

  Natalie Wood
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• Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.

  

  Jackie Gleason
  • Life
  • Power
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• I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.

  

  J. Christopher Burch
  • World
  • Moving
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• The largest newspaper in the United States is only reaching 1 percent of population. We are kind of assuming that 'Wall Street Journal,' 'USA Today,' and other newspapers are very important. Yes, they're extremely important, but only to 1 percent of the population on a daily basis.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • Important
  • Today
  • Wall

• I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Why
  • Dream
  • Myself

• As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Time
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• Strong women, that's who I really respect.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Women
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• The fact that the general incidence of leukemia has doubled in the last two decades may be due, partly, to the increasing use of x-rays for numerous purposes. The incidence of leukemia in doctors, who are likely to be so exposed, is twice that of the general public. In radiologists … the incidence is ten times greater.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • May

• And binding Nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.

  

  Alexander Pope
  • Nature
  • Free
  • Fate

• We need to have more second chance programs. I'm glad that we're ending private prisons in the federal system; I want to see them ended in the state system. You shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans. So there are some positive ways we can work on this.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Work
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• Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Heart
  • Hate
  • Smile

• It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.

  

  Jenny Han
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• You'd just die if you put your head to the grindstone.

  

  Jim Rash
  • Die

• I am not sure what the future holds for me personally, but I envision myself continuing to work on spaceflight programs.

  

  Peggy Whitson
  • Work
  • Future

• I have a phrase I say: 'What the damn?' It's my favorite. It just came to me one day.

  

  Craig Robinson

• These are the moments when the powerful mind or the forceful character feels the ferment of the times, when his thoughts quicken, and when he can inject into the uncertainties of others the creative ideas which will strengthen them with purpose. At such a moment the man who can direct others, in thought or in action, can remake the world.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • World
  • Mind
  • Character

• Questioning one's own 'top-level' goals always reveals the paradox-oscillation of ultimate purpose. How could one decide that a goal is worthwhile - unless one already knew what it is that is worthwhile?

  

  Marvin Minsky
  • Purpose
  • Goals

• Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Way
  • Happiness
  • Breath

• The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.

  

  Usher
  • Want
  • Like
  • See

• Immature thought is predominately purposive and utopian. Thought which rejects purpose altogether is the thought of old age. Mature thought combines purpose with observation and analysis.

  

  Edward Hallett Carr
  • Purpose
  • Immature
  • Utopian