Katherine Dunn Quotes
Anthropologists believe women were among the skilled boxers of the ancient, sport-loving Minoan culture that flourished on Crete until 1100 B.C. The boxing booths at English fairs featured women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I keep going to New York every year for 20 to 25 days. I love it there, but I can't imagine settling in any place other than India.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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At a big company, often size turns into constipation; it fogs the lens about what's really happening. Sometimes with size and success comes the notion that since we've done things to be successful, we have the formula and can institutionalize it. That can be death.
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Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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It is common knowledge now that we depend on insects for our continued existence; that, without key pollinators, the human population would collapse in less than a decade.
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I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness.
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Anthropologists believe women were among the skilled boxers of the ancient, sport-loving Minoan culture that flourished on Crete until 1100 B.C. The boxing booths at English fairs featured women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
