Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes
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While many in the social enterprise space often qualify themselves as 'non-profit,' these organizations should instead treat themselves as 'for-purpose.' These organizations should focus on their mission to create social good, while still treating themselves with the same commitment to rigor and discipline as the best for-profits.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on 'Smile,' I learned to adapt to color on my end.
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I loved the challenge of being able to take a character who could be thrown away as 'crazy' and making her identifiable to the audience - also, to give her a vulnerability that people would cheer for.
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If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
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You never walk out of the gym and say, 'I shouldn't have gone.'
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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I choose work with the people I like to work with.
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Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.
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I'm a guy that's worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there's climate change. The cause? I'm not smart enough for that.
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When strawberries go begging, and the sleek Blue plums lie open to the blackbird’s beak, We shall live well - we shall live very well.
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The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see what I'm going to do. They've never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I've worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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I have looked up to Emraan Hashmi from day one.
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That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
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There is nothing spiritual about complacency.
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I got a statistic for you right now. Grab your pencil, Doug. There are five billion trees in the world. I looked it up. Under every tree is a shadow, right? So, then, what makes night? I'll tell you: shadows crawling out from under five billion trees! Think of it! Shadows running around in the air, muddying the waters you might say. If only we could figure a way to keep those darn five billion shadows under those trees, we could stay up half the night, Doug, because there'd be no night!
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Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.
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If it wasn't for the stars, we would not be here.
