David Christian Quotes
Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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I'm not good at fantasy, no. I have been offered stuff, and I can't get my head around it.
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The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we have begun to learn about the world, to think about what we found, and to mull it over and argue about it with other people as we use technology.
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Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.
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There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!
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The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference.
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Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.
