Dean Ornish Quotes
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
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Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.
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I was once described as being mediumly handsome, and that's a right-on analysis for me.
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Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.
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I'm intensely private. I don't like giving interviews.
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Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.
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Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff.
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I think I just stick to eating a well-rounded diet. I don't cut out anything; if I crave something, I eat it. But I definitely try to stick to a balanced diet always.
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We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.
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The problem in the 19th century with information was that we lived in a culture of information scarcity, and so humanity addressed that problem beginning with photography and telegraphy and the - in the 1840s. We tried to solve the problem of overcoming the limitations of space, time, and form.
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I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
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I have a huge heart for Haiti and will tell the world how we can help!
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Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.
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Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.
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Stress is not so much what you do, but how you react to what you do.
