Maurice Sendak Quotes
We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.
Quotes to Explore
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We need a community of nations capable of space flight because we all have to be off this planet sometime in the future. Our sun is going to burn out eventually, and we are not in a sustainable situation.
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You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
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All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.
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I'm very flirtatious, and I enjoy it.
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When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'
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I'm very physical. When I'm writing, I'm playing all the parts; I'm saying the lines out loud, and if I get excited about something - which doesn't happen very often when I'm writing, but it's the greatest feeling when it does - I'll be out of the chair and walking around, and if I'm at home, I'll find myself two blocks from my house.
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Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.
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People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.
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The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
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The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.
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It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
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The fictionally correct have all the answers, and that's what's wrong with them. They're artistic technocrats. There's no dilemma so knotty, no question so baffling, that it can't be smoothly neutralized by dialing up the right attitude adjustment. Poor old Hemingway. If only he'd known.
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Chemicals are really simple. You mix a couple things together and sell it for more than the materials cost.
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Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again.
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Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
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Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.
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Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why I think so many really powerful novelists can't write a play - because they don't understand that it's spoken - that it hits the air. They don't get that.
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It's kind of odd when you think of Loretta Lynn, when she was first traveling and recording country music. It was all built through word of mouth. If you pleased the fans, they would pass it around to their friends and family.
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Toreador pants make your feet look big too.
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I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.
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A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.
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We definitely work hard, and we want to keep our fans engaged... we want to give them new music.
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We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.
