"Psychology assumes that "things" are and "minds" are; and that, within certain limits determined by the so-called "nature" of both, they act causally upon each other."

-- George Trumbull Ladd

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“If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.”
“I actually remember feeling delight, at two o'clock in the morning, when the baby woke for his feed, because I so longed to have another look at him.”
“The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.”
“I love 'The View,' so when you're living the dream, it's not work.”
“people commit suicide for only one reason - to escape torment.”
“Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.”
“We had an electronic head and arm for Threepio, and I manipulated the mechanism with a joystick. But it wasn't working. The propman said, 'Give me fifteen minutes.' We all went to get coffee, and when we came back, Threepio's head turned perfectly and his arm moved naturally. I looked up and realized that the prop man had a fishing pole with a fine nylon string attached to Threepio's arm. He had rigged another string around the head, which Chewbacca was holding. As Chewie moved his hands, Threepio's head turned!”
“At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.”

Source : "Comedians and their parents: Nina Conti and father Tom". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2013.

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