Nancy Gibbs Quotes
In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I've always felt that if you've been blessed, you should try to help as many people as you can. I just think that's the right thing to do.
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The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. They spread it all over the world.
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I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.
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The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also a strand in society that says physics is terribly hard.
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People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.
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'E.T.' was the movie that made me want to make movies in the first place, and it was the first movie that made me focus on writing instead of what happens in the movie.
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My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
