William Ames Quotes

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.

William Ames

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ActionCreationActiveAlwaysObject

All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.

John Gregory Dunne

LifePlaceDangerousLos AngelesLos

Everybody is determined by his own experience.

Andrew Young

ExperienceDeterminedOwnEverybody

Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itself, to give its reasons... provided we can live with the reasons. What we want is a narrative, not a log; a tale, not a trial. This is why most people write memoirs using the conventions not of history, but of fiction.

Andre Aciman

LiveHistoryPastPeopleWriting

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

Meek Mill

WorkMyselfFoodFocusDinnerWorry

The world map looks smaller than ever before.

Max Azria

WorldLooksMapThanSmallerBefore

I could never know someone who could hurt someone else and not feel like a horrible person.

Amber Mark

HurtFeelSomeonePersonKnowNever

I think the sooner that all of us in society stop accepting any type of bullying or harassment from other people - in spite of people's social standing or net worth or whatever it is - the sooner it will stop.

Jason Priestley

BullyingPeopleSocietyThinkWorth

To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

Christopher Hitchens

FaithExperienceVintageChooseOver

I'm a huge fantasy football fan.

Chris Young

FootballFantasyFanHuge

Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Brett Hoebel

WorkYouStructureYourIntensity

I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician.

Bruce Springsteen

ThinkImpactYouMusicianI Think

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

Anthony Trollope

NightDoneNeverPresenceSalmon

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