Ely Culbertson Quotes
A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who are using Syria as a safe haven, in service of our strategy in Iraq.
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It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and German.
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What do you think you should do if you're attacked by a bear? Play dead? No - that's a lie promoted by the bears.
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Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.
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Survival often depends on a specific focus: A relationship, a belief, or a hope balanced on the edge of possibility. Or something more ephemeral: the way the sun passes through the hard seemingly impenetrable glass of a window and warms the blanket, or how the wind, invisible but for its wake, is so loud one can hear it through the insulated walls of a house.
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Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.
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A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.
