Ephraim Mirvis Quotes
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
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All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
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We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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I don't get star-struck at all.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
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I don't remember anything from the Bills. It was rough there, but it is what it is. Now I'm here in the Super Bowl, just trying to enjoy that.
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What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
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Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.
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It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.
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The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that have definitely informed me. And then, as a parent, it's done the opposite. It's made me feel much more protective. There are boundaries in my kids' lives that I don't think I had.
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I'm an affectionate person.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.
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I literally live on American Airlines' 737 commercial airplane.
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You can't test great advertising. You can only test the mediocre. Not that I don't care about demographics. You have to understand who you're going after.
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When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read was from the '60s and '70s, older than me.
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All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
