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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Alfred North Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: english
Birth: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947

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Ideas New First New Ideas Almost

Disguising your own origins is a deeply American impulse, but that doesn't make it any less compromising. The way I live my life is to try to foreground the tensions and paradoxes of being a white person who's interested in racial justice and reconciliation, rather than disguise or obliterate them.

Life Live Justice American My Life

That's what writing is: it's imagining that you can make a world. That's what basketball is, too: it's imagining the game as a world.

John Edgar Wideman

Writing Basketball World Game You

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

Think Sometimes I Think Hyperbole

There's no such thing as downtime for your brain.

Brain Your Downtime Thing

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

Leadership Business Job Small Doing

The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out behind the barn. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man can resemble leaf mold or junkyard rust, a woman wears like a tiara of rubies.

Truth Men Woman Man Leaf Truth Is

It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.

Roger Andrew Taylor

Positive Great Fun Energy Back Gone

Romantic music really stirs my soul. And, of course, I love Chinese music; it makes me feel closer to home.

Love Home Music Romantic Soul Me

You've got to come out and fire on all cylinders and get yourself up the leaderboard and show people that you're there and you're ready to win.

Fire Yourself People Win You Ready

I would have to say that Canada definitely produces the best wrestlers; I don't know why. I think Canada is a big wrestling country, and there are a lot of guys who are interested in wrestling in Canada.

Best Think Country Canada Know Say

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.

Experience People Research Color

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.

Work Trust Enough Worth You Measure

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