Peter Medawar Quotes
The bells which toll for mankind are-most of them, anyway-like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks, and it must be our fault if they do not make a cheerful and harmonious sound.

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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
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If you're going through friendship issues, I would say, first of all take a step back. How important is the friendship to you? Sometimes, if someone's not being a good friend to you and isn't treating you the way you should be treated, then you kind of have to move on sometimes.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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I played point guard my whole life.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?
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My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.
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Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.
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Love's whole world on us doth wheel.
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I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
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I've had a bris, was Bar Mitzvahed and, on occasion, have referred to a temple as a shul. I've never denied it, nor have I disguised it. I am, indeed, a Jew.
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A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.
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We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.
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Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.
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Nothing in our evolutionary history specifically prepared us to live in large societies. Almost everything about the way culture works does.
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The bells which toll for mankind are-most of them, anyway-like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks, and it must be our fault if they do not make a cheerful and harmonious sound.