John Glenn Quotes
To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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If you look at the polling around climate change in this country before 'Sandy', that was kind of the low point in terms of Americans believing that climate change was real and that humans were causing it.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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Math is one of my favorite subjects.
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I danced with Jacques d'Amboise. At that time, he was the tallest man in the company. So it was a different kind of choreography. It was lyrical.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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I'm not necessarily a horror fan. I just never really watched them that much.
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India's rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.
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There is not a military commander alive today who is genetically predisposed to say that he has enough ISR and assets, and particularly not in the Central Command theater.
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To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something.
