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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We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants.
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There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
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It is all very well to sit back and hope for 'the best in this best of all possible worlds' but it's the course of personal and national suicide. Unless there is a vast alteration in man's civilization as it stumbles along today, man will not be here very long and none of us. Times must change.
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Just saw an orthodox Jewish kid do 3 pull-ups on the scaffolding. Shattering the previous record.
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I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.
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Any suggestion that science and religion are incompatible flies in the face of history, logic, and common sense.
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For me, I've worked hard for people to think I'm funny.
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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.
