Edwin Boring Quotes
Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.
Quotes to Explore
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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I used to work for a catering company - I waitressed for Harry Winston events. I remember being so hungry, I would eat when I was supposed to be catering to other people.
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I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal.
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
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...the most serious thing, and the strangest, is that we are afraid to the point of panic, not so much of seeing ourselves as of being seen by ourselves. This is our root absurdity. What is behind this great fear?
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I was good. I probably could have gone to the NFL. I just hated practice.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and the worst, but there is always quantity. But I have written relatively little.
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Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.
