Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes
It's more common than not that bipolar illness will start in the teens. One of the reasons I spend a lot of time on college campuses is exactly that reason. It's terribly important to talk to students about knowing these things in advance.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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Well the thing is that the New York of 1846 to 1862 was very different from downtown New York now. Really nothing from that period still exists in New York.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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Republicans need to speak up, and people need to know that not all Republicans are represented by the hostile, vile voice of Donald Trump.
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It is not enough for us to know what is right and to believe it is good. We must be willing to stand up and be counted. We must be willing to act in accordance with what we believe under all circumstances. It is of little value for us to believe one way if we behave contrary to that belief in our private actions or in our public performance.
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ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
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It's more common than not that bipolar illness will start in the teens. One of the reasons I spend a lot of time on college campuses is exactly that reason. It's terribly important to talk to students about knowing these things in advance.
