James Richardson
James Richardson
Admiral in charge of Pearl Harbor prior to the Japanese attack.
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth18 September 1878
CityParis, TX
teacher self perfect
Embarrassment is the greatest teacher, but since its lessons are exactly those we have tried hardest to conceal from ourselves, it may teach us, also, to perfect our self-deception.
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Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even binds our five disparate senses. James Geary's fascinating and utterly readable I is an Other brings the news on metaphor from literature and economics, from neuroscience and politics, illuminating topics from consumer behavior to autism spectrum disorders to the evolution of language. As a writer, as a teacher, and as someone just plain fascinated by how our minds work, I've been waiting years for exactly this book.
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We are suggesting the factory itself will support 1,527 direct and indirect jobs with an annual impact of $51.5 million.
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We're all squished in trying to figure out how to make it work.
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Every attempt is a success. Failure is letting any chance to try go by.
learning materials minds opened people
It kind of opened up people's minds to different things. People are learning what different materials do and are experimenting more.
assist great group privilege
It's a great privilege for us to have this group come and assist us,
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When I looked at that young man, I saw someone who could have a second chance to rehabilitate himself and come out and be a powerful -- and I mean a powerful -- member of society, but most of all, a powerful servant of God. That's what I saw,
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We had some hot buttons we couldn't agree on. We gave the mayor too much power. The mayor would have veto power and sit on the council and vote. I was afraid that our city manager would feel like she was being micromanaged by the mayor.
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The weaker the intellect, the stronger the belief
believe learned
I learned a lot from it, but I would not do anything different because I believe in the process.
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Those who are too slow to be intelligent deserve our patience, those who are too quick, our pity.
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What's thinking? You live in a grandly appointed house, but spend all your time rummaging around in the attic for any little trinket you hadn't known was there.
bored trying sitting
I'm sitting here bored, ... trying to remember that everything is a complete mystery.