Gene Robinson Quotes
And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be stirred and moved by it. But I think that you fall in love with... Well, again, when you're young, it really is more powerful. Much more terrifying.
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I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
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I think it demonstrates their effectiveness, ... It makes you realize they are critical at moments like this, as we have seen off the coast of Maine.
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You can't bomb for a humane reason. What we should do is just Mother Teresa them to death with love. It's that old hippie nonsense but it's still the best stuff there is.
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And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey.
