I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.


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I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
MARTIN SCORSESE
In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that t...
MARTIN JACQUES
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was b...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to...
MARTIN MCDONAGH
And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.
ANDREA MARTIN
We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long ...
MARTIN REES
For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose an...
MARTIN BASHIR
I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution...
MARTIN LUTHER
Of course, New Brighton is very shabby, very rundown, but people still go there because it's the...
MARTIN PARR
Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and c...
GEORGE MARTIN
Let me put it like this: I am not prepared to officiate over on behalf of the British government wha...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British go...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the ...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being rel...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
We've always been able to get consistent work habits out of our kids. Not just during the year, but ...
AL MARTIN
That was some violent, violent weather. We're sitting in the clubhouse watching on TV and wondering,...
AL MARTIN
That was some violent, violent weather,
AL MARTIN
[In his column] FEMA Sends Katrina Survivors to American Gulag; Municipal Bond Holders at Risk, ... ...
AL MARTIN
I thought we played a very solid game on both sides of the ball. Getting those first two touchdowns ...
AL MARTIN
The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... Th...
AL MARTIN
Pat's comments created a so-called 'flight to quality' bid in both the September long bonds and the ...
AL MARTIN
And, I really admire them. I guess we try to show them as much appreciation as possible.
AL MARTIN
I thought we set an early tone with our play on defense. Highland has some inexperience up front and...
AL MARTIN
We hung on. We knew coming here (Harrisburg) was flying high. We expected a tough game.
AL MARTIN
I think that what is happening now in terms of the Brexit vote does represent a serious undermining ...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that awa...
MARTIN COMPSTON
A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sti...
DEMETRI MARTIN
I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distra...
CHRIS MARTIN
I did some modeling here and there but nothing really big. There was a time when I simply bummed aro...
COCO MARTIN
Generally, a rising trend in rates is bearish for stocks; a falling trend is bullish.
MARTIN ZWEIG
One of the frustrating things for people who miss the first rally in a bull market is that they wait...
MARTIN ZWEIG
Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so somet...
DEMETRI MARTIN
Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is...
MARTIN HEIDEGGER
They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into ...
MARTIN LANDAU
It is Cameron's cabinet of millionaires who are the real spongers given free rein to live out th...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS
Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid ...
CHRIS MARTIN
Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets ...
MARTIN MULL
'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a differe...
JUDITH MARTIN
Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate t...
MARTIN REES
Providing trails enhances the quality of life in the community and are a great asset to have. They p...
ALAN MARTIN
It does put a doctor or health-care clinic in a more vulnerable position. This was an important prov...
ALAN MARTIN
The state has reviewed the evidence and we are not aware at this time of there being any evidence to...
ALAN MARTIN