John Poindexter (John Marlan Poindexter) Quotes
We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way to achieve the Oregon Business Plan's goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty.
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We can choose food that doesn't lead to illnesses like diabetes and cancer. We can choose food that doesn't contribute to water pollution and climate change. And we can choose food that keeps local economies vibrant and farmers on their land.
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I couldn't care less about business.
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Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
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Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.
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When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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I guess I remembered clearest of all the early mornings, when the lake was cool and motionless, remembered how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen.
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We should find inspiration in the senses that already exist and try to copy them and apply them to us. If we compare our senses to the senses of other animals and species that we don't have, we can get ideas for new abilities that we can adapt to humans by applying cybernetics to the body.
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We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
