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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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've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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Free market never succeeded without free men and free society.
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Literature has become too psychological.
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The artists who have inspired me the most in my life are the ones who have really had something to say and stand up for. That, to me, is part of being an artist-having the voice to express things that need to be verbalized and brought to light. Unfortunately, I don't think that's a priority for people, because the few artists who do have the nerve to take a stand for what they believe get shut down in a way.
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The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
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I conceive that the description so often given of a Benthamite, as a mere reasoning machine, though extremely inapplicable to most of those who have been designated by that title, was during two or three years of my life not altogether untrue of me.
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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.
