Franz Boas Quotes
I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as the girlfriend or wife.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.
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Any one game in baseball doesn't tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn't tell you that much.
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I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.
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Everything that is large and institutional should be distrusted, even though it may be the best around. The Internal Revenue Service doesn't trust me, so why should I trust them? It's a quid pro quo arrangement.
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I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.
