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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I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.
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I grew up on film sets and I had a ball. It wouldn't have had nearly as much fun if my dad had been working behind a desk somewhere. I remember being on the set of 'The Godfather: Part III,' and all the kids were running around and doing crazy things, and Francis Ford Coppola just embraced that.
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Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.
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My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity.
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Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness all interconnected. Investigating in this way, we come to realize that there is no me or mine in any one part, just as a sound does not belong to any one part of the lute.
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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.
