Floyd Skloot Quotes
My cerebral cortex, the gray matter that MIT neuroscientist Steven Pinker likens to 'a large sheet of two-dimensional tissue that has been wadded up to fit inside the spherical skull,' is riddled instead of whole.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
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I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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The best times I've ever had and the greatest lessons I've ever learned were when my feet were out over the edge of the line, and I was at risk of getting a little beat up, physically and emotionally.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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I think people get a sense of possibility when they're on a plane, even romantic possibility, wondering if the perfect person is going to sit down next to them or something.
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Every little detail of my life is, and has always been, surrounded by fashion - from the cup I drink my coffee from in the morning to my constant travels - fashion always pops up somewhere and somehow.
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I was raised by this whole community of artists. It was pretty wild.
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My cerebral cortex, the gray matter that MIT neuroscientist Steven Pinker likens to 'a large sheet of two-dimensional tissue that has been wadded up to fit inside the spherical skull,' is riddled instead of whole.
