Naomi Weisstein Quotes
In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.
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Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you.
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I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when it counts to deliver something beyond yourself so that you can win.
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My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.
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I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things that give them access to the club constituted by the people who are in their tax bracket.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
