Yoko Ono Quotes
It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.
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It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.
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I dated a guy for over a year who lied about his age the entire time. I found out after the fact and couldn't believe it! I even threw him a birthday party for the wrong age... I couldn't get over how hard he had tried to keep it a secret!
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I always make my favorite pancakes with milk, and I also add some fruit - like a banana or apple with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. I also sometimes put peanut butter on my pancakes!
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A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
