John Boyd Orr Quotes
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
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[Richard Feynman] truly believed that if you couldn't explain something simply, you didn't understand it.
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Unjust Cause: This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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You are going to have bad days and have good days.
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People send their kids to law school to uphold the rule of law - not to fight in the streets for justice and not to be beaten up.
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If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
