Samuel Alexander Quotes

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.

Samuel Alexander

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TreeMindProblemMeaningPhilosophy

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants.

John Boyd Orr

GovernmentWorldEarthEmpireWhole

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Alvin Toffler

KnowledgePowerSourceDemocratic

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical.

Tom Robbins

RealityParadoxicalContradictory

Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market.

Ron Chernow

TimeStock MarketLongHealthyBull

I love somebody that can hold a great conversation.

Romeo Miller

LoveGreatConversationHoldI Love

Television really has been responsible for everything that I've done successfully.

Roy Clark

TelevisionDoneResponsibleBeen

Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.

Douglas Horton

GoodIdeasFreeBadDozenDime

The transition to clean energy should not be viewed as a burden to be overcome but, rather, an extraordinary job creation opportunity for the United States.

Brad Schneider

OpportunityJobEnergyTransition

I've seen the impact of poorly negotiated trade agreements on manufacturing in Maine.

Susan Collins

ImpactManufacturingSeenTrade

Consuming less is the fastest way to eco-fashion redemption - particularly if your preference is for leather, not hemp.

Sheherazade Goldsmith

WayRedemptionLeatherYourHemp

I am a member of the human race. There's a certain irony about the cyberworld. You don't know who is talking to you, if it's a machine, so I tend to try to reach out to those fellow humans.

Tim Daly

I AmReachTalkingYouKnowTry

As far as the international industry is concerned, I don't think people care at all where you are from - if the work interests them.

Lenny Abrahamson

WorkPeopleThinkCareYouIndustry

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