John Tyndall Quotes
The Christian world seethed not only with apocryphal writings, but with hostile interpretations of writings not apocryphal.
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.
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There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.
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I begin to suspect that the world is divided not only into the happy and the unhappy, but into those who like happiness and those who, odd as it seems, really don't.
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If you want to drink, have a drink... if you want to drive, then drive... there's nothing worse than having a smash sober.
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The Christian world seethed not only with apocryphal writings, but with hostile interpretations of writings not apocryphal.
