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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I always do my interviews face to face.
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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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It's important to me that my songs actually make sense. So often, I turn on the radio, and I have no idea what the people are singing about. It may sound good, but when you listen, they're just saying words that rhyme. It's another song about nothing.
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I'm very lucky. I do voiceovers, 'Family Guy,' on and on, and quite frankly, I'm one of the luckiest actors in the world. I was able to create a character who became iconic.
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When you create those characters that people love and care about and put them in a dark hallway, already the audience is on edge, and they feel empathy for that character. Then it's up to me to decide what jumps out in that hallway. So I think laying that foundation of strong characters and strong story is the most important thing in a horror film.
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Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and in computer games.
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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.
