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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Alfred North Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Nature Language Human Nature Speech

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

School Talk Out Started Found Then

I got rid of all of my non-stick pots and pans, anything that had a kind of toxic surface in terms of cooking.

Cooking Kind Toxic Anything Surface

I do remember going shopping with my mother; I think the name of the store was Ruth Atkins. I don't know why I can remember that. It's probably because it's not the name.

Mother Shopping Think Name Remember

I have the feeling that you can get older here in Germany, or in Europe, but in Hollywood, you have to look perfect all the time. So it's really hard.

Time You Perfect Look Feeling Hard

A lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their bodies go, and that's the worst thing.

Women Go Worst Pregnancy Worst Thing

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life, generally.

Life Baseball You Down Just Because

It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.

Business Money Down More Mining

The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. That's the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger.

Violence Done Kind Dwell Worst Most

What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

Joseph Wambaugh

Fire People About Written Wondered

Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

Life Believe In Yourself Yourself Fun

I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.

Style Darkness American Literature

Some of the worst selfies I've ever seen are at Auschwitz or Ground Zero.

Worst Ground Auschwitz Seen Zero

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