Alfred North Whitehead Quotes
That knowledge which adds greatness to character is knowledge so handled as to transform every phase of immediate experience.
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I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.
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There's a lot to be said for an American-style liberal-arts education, which prevents young people from professionalizing right away.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.
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That knowledge which adds greatness to character is knowledge so handled as to transform every phase of immediate experience.
