Phoebe Robinson Quotes
I like hot people being hot. How else do you explain my high school infatuation with Ricky Martin in all his shirtless glory?
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. An example is, of course, stuff like 'The Fly,' or 'The Thing,' or even 'The Blob.' For our generation, all those things, whether it was 'The Blob' or 'The Fly' or something else, we had no idea they were remakes.
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Cultural evolution is Lamarckian and very fast, whereas biological evolution is Darwinian and usually very slow.
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We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.
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I like hot people being hot. How else do you explain my high school infatuation with Ricky Martin in all his shirtless glory?
