S. I. Hayakawa Quotes
The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don't get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be.
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
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The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses.
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We gave the world dab fever!
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
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Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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I never tire of reading Tom Paine.
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In Belgium, the magistrate has the dignity of a prince, but by Bacchus, it is true that the brewer is king.
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Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense of humor? Is the human born with an innate longing for chocolate? Does the notion of chocolate preclude the concept of free will?
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I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.
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The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
