Mary Roach Quotes
If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.Mary Roach
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
Dak Prescott -
I'm not a psychiatrist.
Quincy Jones -
Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
Callie Khouri -
I don't like controversy.
Sammy Sosa -
I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
Ida Lupino -
The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
Ian MacKaye
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
Saint Ambrose -
Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
Zooey Deschanel -
It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
Camilla Belle -
There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
J. L. Austin -
So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
Vanessa Brown -
Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
Gary Vaynerchuk
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
Hailey Gates -
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
A. S. Byatt -
It takes people a while to trust you.
Karl Malone -
I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
Oliver Sim The xx -
Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
E. Y. Harburg -
I'm a real girly-girl.
Olivia Culpo
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The inability to trace DNA to actual diseases has serious consequences. As does the opposite problem - not being able to trace diseases back to DNA.
Sam Kean -
I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
Dan Simmons -
Mr. Chairman, on September 11, we were attacked by terrorists who took advantage of weaknesses in our border security. After infiltrating our country, the terrorists were able to conceal their real identities, and thereby plot their attacks without fear of being apprehended.
Jim Ryun -
Anyone who toys with the idea of cutting off bits of the eurozone hoping the rest will survive is playing with fire.
Yanis Varoufakis -
By innovating and investing in health technology, we believe that we can really change the future of health.
Frans van Houten -
If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.
Mary Roach