Gardner Murphy Quotes
I have believed for a long time that human nature is a reciprocity of what is inside the skin and what is outside: that it is definitely not "rolled up inside us" but our way of being one with our fellows and our world. I call this field theory.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.
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I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.
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I think Americans are - particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt, too many Washington takeovers, and they want to provide a check and a balance to what they see as a runaway, overreaching Washington government.
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Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.
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Democracy, voters, voting responsibility ... everyone in Vadodara ... the awakening of the voters was very important and I thank and congratulate them.
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Species evolve to meet the environment. An intelligent species changes the environment to suit itself. As soon as a species becomes intelligent, it should stop evolving.
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In agony unknown He bleeds away His life; in terrible throes He exhausts His soul. 'Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani?' And then see! they pierce His side, and forthwith runneth out blood and water! This is the shedding of blood, the terrible pouring out of blood, without which, for you and the whole human race, there is no remission.
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Philosophieren ist: falsche Argumente zurückweisen.
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Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
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I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.
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I am proud to say that I plastic-wrapped Bruno Ricci's toilet in his trailer.
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As soon as I started dancing at 14, I knew I was always going to be a professional dancer.
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It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
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Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.
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The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.
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I love what I do and the music I make and the bands I've done, especially Fall Out Boy. I also love what I love, and I don't care if other people like it.
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When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.
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PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs.
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It's just golf. As long as I get done without breakin' somethin' or hurtin' somebody, that's my goal.
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There's so many great things that happened at the Grand Ole Opry in 50 years. You get the chance to go out and visit with your peers. You get a chance to sing your song and say hello to so many friends and neighbors and all that you have. It's just - well, it's a second home.
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All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.
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I have believed for a long time that human nature is a reciprocity of what is inside the skin and what is outside: that it is definitely not "rolled up inside us" but our way of being one with our fellows and our world. I call this field theory.
