Franklin Pierce Adams Quotes
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?'
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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Becoming a tutor was among the many attractive post-collegiate side careers I failed to pursue while devoting the bulk of my days to writing fiction.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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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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Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob's sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
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I love to fly so much.
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The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.
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I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
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Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.
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I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is a new kind of leader: he speaks with a different voice; he brings a new perspective and inspires a real excitement from the American people.
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
