Gene Robinson Quotes
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I am a Buddhist.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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I had no desire to crash a man's world.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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While our military mission is narrowly focused on saving lives, we continue to pursue the broader goal of a Libya that belongs not to a dictator, but to its people.
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For years, I've felt that there's an inner cook in me just waiting to be unleashed. But I have to confess I'm having an awful lot of trouble finding her in real life.
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I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.
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The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.
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I remember doing my first school play. We were doing 'Oliver Twist,' and I was cast as Oliver. It was the first time I ever felt brave and confident and truly happy about something.
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Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
