"We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

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Source : Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.20, Open Road Media

Alfred North Whitehead

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“...testifying for Dr. Privitera...To these 19 cancer victims, the enforcement of (California) Health and Safety Code Sect. 1701.1, the denial of them medical treatment, albeit unorthodox, albeit unapproved by a state agency, must surely take on a Kafka-esque, a nightmare quality. No demonstrated public anger, no compelling interest of the state warrants an Orwellian intrusion into the most private of zones of privacy.”
“I wasn't the guy who got straight As. I got As and Bs and a couple Cs.”
“It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.”
“You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.”
“Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it.”
“Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it...”
“I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing.”
“There's just an incredibly rich and interesting relationship between our listening to music and the way our minds engage.”

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