George Spencer-Brown Quotes
To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know.
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Marriage has made me safer.
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Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I think Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a commonsense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It's not extreme; it's common sense. We need to secure the border.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' and it turns out that's not true.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels.
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I am not a witch doctor, and in fact, you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we were touring around all these different churches. I loved it so much I tried to find a way to stay there.
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I'm so thankful for that struggling period. That time is really great where you have no idea what's going to happen.
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Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
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I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight.
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Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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I try not to take things too personally, because most of the time, people aren't even thinking about anyone else but themselves.
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Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.
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To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know.
