#psychology

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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I'd always been interested in psychology. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

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I need to do psychology classes. That would be so interesting to me, studying people. ↗

— Britney Spears

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I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

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Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color. ↗

— James J. Gibson

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I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A. ↗

— Ashley Greene

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Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific period. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

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The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings. ↗

— John Blair

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There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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