Joan Van Ark Quotes
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.
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I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use.
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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God.
