Mary Roach Quotes
I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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Age for me is just a number.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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The fashion business got boring. I was working with big companies, but the minute it became too formulaic, I got bored with it. I wanted to do a creative space where I could just make stuff - kind of like an atelier, where I could collaborate with other artists, drape geometric shapes on the body, make cushion covers, or whatever.
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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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I think I grew up with the idea that there was something comforting about preparing food.
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Scale is very, very important, like the scale of a person is very important. It's to do with the size of our space, the fact they are big sculptures, they are still human scale.
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I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
