Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) Quotes
Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.
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I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
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I'm a normal person and I don't have superpowers! I do normal things, too.
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It's kind of a funny way to put it, but if you want to study a dynamic economic system, what you'd like to be able to do is focus on the linkages, say, between asset markets and the macro economy without having to model everything at the same time.
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I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
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Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.
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Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.
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New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over.
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It's not very fun to do spectroscopy.
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I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.
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I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche - a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress. I wanted more than that, and I had always loved politics, so I ended up changing my major completely, and double-majoring in theater and international relations.
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What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on the contrary, he exists only on the products of the industrious class; and that he can consume nothing that has not been taken from the producers.
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There are times when I wouldn't rule violence out. I personally don't like violence at all. But it wasn't until we had the Trafalgar Square riots that the Poll Tax went out in Britain. When people take to the streets and fight the police, it's the one thing the government can't control. You can march round in circles for the rest of your life and they can ignore it, but once you start damaging property and fighting with the police, they can't. Even though they tar you with a brush and say you're a set of bastards, they have to actually tone down what they are doing.
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We knew they were going to line up in 12 personnel (one back, two tight ends) and run their inside zone and try to get at us. Thank God, we had a couple of guys step up and make a play.
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When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.
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Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.
