Alfred North Whitehead Quotes
The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.
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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
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I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.
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How long before we have, not just homosexual marriage, but homosexual unions between adult men and small boys?
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It may not matter to anybody now, but when you go out there and perform on the field, that's what matters.
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The dieting wars have got to stop.
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You see that a handful of times every year where a person that hasn't been playing that well pops up and wins.
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My best nutrition tip is to eat things you like that are low in calories and fat. Some of my favorites are chicken, rice, assorted veggies, egg white omelets, turkey sandwiches and protein shakes.
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I don't need to cry so much. I think whatever you let loose with crying, I let loose with singing. I tend to be the one who wants... I'm trying to say this without sounding too touchy-feely. I'm usually the one who's better at comforting the person who's crying, you know?
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What is there in life except one's ideas. Good air, good friend, what is there in life? Is it ideas that I believe?
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Many people effectively stop carrying out what it's called 'life's a movie.' The majority of people want to be like others, and this drives them to a death in life. It is necessary to find what distinguishes us from others in order to be something. To the extent that we try to be like others, we convert ourselves into zombies.
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There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.
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The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive, is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.
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You cannot like the word, but what is happening is an occupation - to hold 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation. I believe that is a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians.
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It's important to begin a biography or any book or story with something to draw the reader in.
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You never get fans hanging out on movie sets. It just never happens.
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I won't talk or deal with a young writer unless I sense he has utterly given his life over to it. It's a waste of my time. If they don't feel 'called' - why in God's name would you do this?
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I didn't know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience.
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A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.
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I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.
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The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.
