David R. Brower Quotes
Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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Venus favors the bold.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
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p. 63
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Both Brutus and Hamlet are highly intellectual by nature and reflective by habit. Both may even be called, in a popular sense, philosophic; Brutus may be called so in a stricter sense.
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In the chilly hours and minutes Of uncertainty I want to be In the warm hold of your lovin' mind. To feel you all around me And to take your hand Along the sand, Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
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In a piece of my mind the world can't eraseI remember the time and the look on your faceAnd I will 'till the wind blows the stars from the sky'cause the road never ends and the soul never diesBe who you arejust as long as you canKnow in your heart I'm still your manHeadin for homestarlight and stone..
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But I may be one who does not care Ever to have tree bloom or bear.
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Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.
