Peggy Johnson Quotes
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
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I'm more of a thriller-horror fan - things that could really happen. I don't like scary movies, the 'Saw' movies scare the crap out of me - I think I've seen two of them and I wanted to go crawl in a hole.
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Rebellion is always going to fascinate, as it's always packaged in a very safe way.
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Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
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With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'
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I made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements.
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Constantly ask yourself, 'What level is above this one?' This makes things different. Take personal problems for example. Problems are not solved by choosing between this and that. The very need to choose indicates misunderstanding. Problems are solved by outgrowing both this and that.
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Ambitious men never believe others aren’t the same.
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Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.
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Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge.
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..paint was always in history of painting a means to an end, whether the end was religious, social, decorative or romantic. Now it's become an end in itself..
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As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.
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I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don't like, and you hate her for a while - then you love her again. I'd like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.
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There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.
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There are a number of fascinating stories included in 'The Human Face of Big Data' that represent some of the most innovative applications of data that are shaping our future.
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First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained se curity personnel.
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We all have to think about the emerging markets.
