Walter Scott Quotes
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
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The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
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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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In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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I think there's something really powerful and refreshing about a woman who is unapologetic.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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I'm learning to accept everything that I am. I've accepted that I'm not going to be a stick-thin-model kind of girl. When I was 14, I was tall and spindly. By the time I turned 18, I had become a woman, and my body's not going to go back to what it looked like when I was 14.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
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Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
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I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
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Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
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I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.
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In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.
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Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
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Randolph, thy wreath has lost a rose.
