James C. Collins Quotes
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Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.
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When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I wouldn't ever dream of it.
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I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.
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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.
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People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
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Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.
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Time for the FUTURE!! We will see young scientists in the future writing D++ (DNA Code).
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It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.
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I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.
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I'm a pretty serious Independent.
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I want to use my position of influence to change the laws of the land to the benefit of the women of Trinidad and Tobago, divide the economic pie more evenly and appoint more women to positions within the government.
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