William Whewell Quotes

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

William Whewell

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ExperienceMindIdeasConstitution

I probably shouldn't live in New York.

Steve Burns

LiveNew YorkNewYork

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

ChallengesFightingAttentionLost

I love my craft.

Rob Liefeld

LoveCraftI Love

If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that's really funny.

Mike Posner

FunnySongYourShotPopularReally

Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.

Liz Phair

SingingFeelSheCatHerHerself

The thing is that when you are a director, you need to be involved in a lot of different fields. You must be a psychologist, an architecture expert; you must be a choreographer.

Denis Villeneuve

ArchitectureYouNeedExpertFields

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

Collin C. Peterson

MeWallStreetNeverStillHappened

I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.

Clay Aiken

ControlThinkKnowSometimesNeed

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

HealthBreakfastLunchDinnerThink

I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.

Prodigy

ThinkDoingLifestyleLivingHard

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.

Shelley Conn

PeopleRealityWantWatchEscapism

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

Ryan Kwanten

LiveMyselfMoneyDoorStoryEnough

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