Alfred North Whitehead Quotes
Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgments; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. The importance of truth is that it adds to interest.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.
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Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.
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I've always loved 'lived-in' sci-fi. We take it for granted now, but it was a revelation in the late '70s - '80s, when movies like 'Alien', 'Escape From New York', and even 'Star Wars' introduced us to the idea that the future could, in fact, look old.
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There's this old Frank Sinatra song: 'If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere'... that song was about New York, but it applies to America. People know that if you make it in America, you can make it anywhere, and that is both in terms of sophistication and customer satisfaction.
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So-called gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.
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Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgments; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. The importance of truth is that it adds to interest.
