Mark Pagel Quotes
Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather than from the genes they pass to us.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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I'm very lucky. I had a great childhood.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
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Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?
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Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it.
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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.
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I think an ethical lawyer would absolutely refuse, if he or she had knowledge that this is the purpose for which her work would be used, that is, to conceal a fraudulent scheme from federal regulators.
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Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have.
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Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather than from the genes they pass to us.
