Vannevar Bush Quotes
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
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People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more.
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I was tested against the best.
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I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims.
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.
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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
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A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
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I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
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I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.
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Moviemaking is a dirty, tiring affair. The joy comes from the possibility to be free on set and really let loose.
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I've been going to 'Supernatural' conventions, so they tend to be big 'Lost' fans and big 'Supernatural' fans, but it's usually for both of those. Walking on the street, people are really, really into 'Lost.' But on the conventions circuit, it's Lucifer.
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I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.
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The best talent in the venture industry doesn't work in large companies and won't work in large companies.
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There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.
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