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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am all of those things all of the time, and I am going to fight for all of those things all of the time.
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We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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People have come to this country from everywhere, and people from everywhere have made America great. Our immigration policy should reflect that truth, and our elected officials, including our President, should respect it.
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I have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else.
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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.
