S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.
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In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
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Screaming is hard after a while.
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Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
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There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.
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I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.
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I really like using my Samsung (005930:KS) tablet. I previously used the Motorola Xoom for a while and liked that.
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On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do.
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From the consumer perspective, what happened in the U.S. 10 years ago and Europe five years ago is now happening in Russia. People are beginning to understand that e-commerce is easy and safe.
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My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'
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Good temper is an estate for life.
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There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished out by the intelligence and special operations communities to director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal and their crew, part of a broader pattern of using intelligence for political effect.
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Dylan can do no wrong.
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The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
