Edwin Boring Quotes
It is not likely that the history of psychology can be written in the next three centuries without mention of Freud's name and still claim to be a general history of psychology... Perhaps, had Freud been smothered in his cradle, the times would have produced a substitute, It is hard to say. The dynamics of history lack control experiments.

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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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My imagination is a twisted place.
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Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one's conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones.
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I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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If you can dream it, you can do it.
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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Well, before you are always self-you’re always self-centered. Everything is for you. Your self is God. And we make lousy gods. Humans make lousy gods, I think. We need to let God be God and us be what we are. I think that’s what changes: the focus on who you’re serving. You’re not serving you. You’re serving Christ.
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I've always wanted to do my own thing, and my parents allowed me to do what I needed.
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Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
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Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, 'This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!!!' But in this exclamation I would have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly. Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.
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Light is what gives joy to buildings.
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From the time I was 18, I knew I wanted to be a comedian, but I was just scared to try it. And first I thought, 'Well, I should go to college and get a degree.' That didn't pan out.
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There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
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Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.
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I don't go anywhere without clean shoes. That's one thing I've got from the navy.
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It is not likely that the history of psychology can be written in the next three centuries without mention of Freud's name and still claim to be a general history of psychology... Perhaps, had Freud been smothered in his cradle, the times would have produced a substitute, It is hard to say. The dynamics of history lack control experiments.