Kathy Bates Quotes
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
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Every minute I'm on the set, it's play time for me. I feel like I'm on the beach!
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries. Imagine a history teacher making history!
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Everyone needs to realize the responsibility they hold and realize where they can make a difference.
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Care and labor are as much correlated to human existence as shadow is to light...
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Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.
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There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think it's something to be embraced and respected.
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The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
