Derek Bok Quotes
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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.
Malcolm Gladwell -
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi -
In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.
Zhang Zhidong -
I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
Lady Gaga -
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
Tea Leoni -
As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my God, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'
Rafe Spall
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Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress for meaningful immigration reform.
Gary Johnson -
What is easy is seldom excellent.
Samuel Johnson -
I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
Ice Cube -
Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.
Barack Obama -
You have to be let alone to really accomplish anything.
Bob Dylan -
For the record,'You'll Always Be a Part Of Me' no matter what you do,For the record,can't nobody say I didn't give 'My All' to you,For the record,I told you 'Underneath The Stars' that you 'Belong' to me,For the record,It's obvious that we just 'Can't Let Go' of us 'Honey'.
Mariah Carey
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To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it the even rhythm of metrical feet. One must allow the lines to flow as they will when read aloud by an intelligent reader.
Amy Lowell -
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Lawrence Durrell -
There's no sinner like a young saint.
Aphra Behn -
It was terribly difficult. It's not something I ever wanted in my life. Naively I just thought, 'oh I've got this great part'. I never thought about the reality of all the stuff that went with it. I'm actually quite a shy person when I'm not on stage.
Elaine Paige -
I've always been a big fan of Nashville, and I have friends that live there.
Eric Close -
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
Francis Bacon
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It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
Ted Cruz -
Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.
Bill Peterson -
I seem to watch less and less television. The best thing in 'Downton Abbey' is Penelope Wilton. She is always worth the watch.
John Hurt -
You tempt me to telephone Matron and ask her to let you have the afternoon off.’ He spoke lightly and Sarah felt a surprising regret that he couldn’t possibly mean it. ‘That sort of thing happens in novels, never in real life. I can imagine Matron’s feelings!
Betty Neels -
Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.
Derek Bok