S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.
Quotes to Explore
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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Movies don't have borders.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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I think sometimes people can get lost in the bigger special effects, science fiction, robot stuff, and those are cool and fun to watch, too, but I think it's so important to sometimes step back and watch something that's about life and human interaction.
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I've had a lot of careers in my life. When I think about it, I think every piece of that - from being a nurse, a farmer, dealing with real estate - has added to a skill set that I would have been able to use throughout my political career.
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Oh yeah, 'Starship Troopers' was one of the best experiences of my life, and I made some lifelong friends.
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We live in an age of music for people who don't like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there aren't that many people who actually like music. For a lot of people, music's annoying, or at the very least they don't need it. They discovered if they could sell music to a lot of those people, they could sell a lot more records.
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I want to see us move from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable economy - if not in my lifetime, then in the lifetime of my children.
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The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.
