Donna J. Nelson Quotes
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I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so many different people. I finally realized I'm awkward, I'm lanky, and I'm going to embrace it - make fun of myself and just laugh.
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.
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If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
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Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
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I hate birthdays.
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Pretty much anybody who's ever worked can relate to our show.
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The moment we realize that the only things we can intelligibly value are actual and potential changes in the experience of conscious beings, we can think about a landscape of such changes - where the peaks correspond to the greatest possible well-being and the valleys correspond to the lowest depths of suffering.
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If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.
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Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.
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Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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It is entirely possible to present science accurately and have a hit show.
