Peter Agre Quotes
Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and there was no place for her; she worked as an assistant to a maid.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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Good argument is intended to persuade another.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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When I watch myself, I see nothing but faults, like, 'This I need to do different, this I need to do different,' and so if there comes a point in time where I'm like, 'Man, this whole thing is just getting really stale,' I am not opposed to being the bad guy again.
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I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
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A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.
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I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?
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Woody Allen stayed so good because he never left New York. Howard Stern stayed so good because he never left New York - Mel Brooks when he just got out of New York was doing 'Blazing Saddles;' when he left New York he started doing stuff like 'Robin Hood Men In Tights' - he was in L.A. too long. He lost the edge.
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At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.
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Finding the voice of a character, no matter who it is - from Black Widow to Han Solo - is the first and most important hurdle for me to cross in any work of fiction.
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Oakland's got a lot of character.
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Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and there was no place for her; she worked as an assistant to a maid.
