Nancy Gibbs Quotes
High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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'They have kept us in submission because they have talked about separation of church and state. There is no such thing in the Constitution. It's a lie of the Left, and we're not going to take it anymore.' 5
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I've never chosen or rejected a role because of money.
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I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together.
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I'm one of those people who think I can learn something from everybody.
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High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.
