Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.
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I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing: producing sounds and emotions that I have always enjoyed. This is key.
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Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to be offensive or controversial.
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All we do is bring the debate from both sides, and let you as a viewer decide where you want to end up on the issue. That's very important. That's exactly what happens in 'Redemption Inc.'
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Replacing human vision is more than just a tool: we need to understand how that affects the brain.
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When you want to transcribe an idea truthfully from the page to the screen, it is not necessarily best to be particularly literal about it. It can be hard to convince people, specifically writers, of that.
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The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.
