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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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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Roma come before everything else.
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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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To a few alarmed observers it seemed as though Wall Street were by way of devouring all the money of the entire world. However, in accordance with the cultural practice, as the summer passed, the sound and responsible spokesmen decried not the increase in brokers' loans, but those who insisted on attaching significance to this trend.
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And because technology is moving so rapidly, things become obsolete very, very quickly. In 15 years time, Will Caster is probably going to be in some weird room in Vegas where people are plugging quarters into him. Who has a mini-disc of a laser disc player? It's over!
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Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
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It could be said now that all animals live in zoos, whether it is a zoo in Regent's Park, London or a Nigerian Game Reserve. Perhaps what's left to argue is only the zoo's quality.
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The Christian world seethed not only with apocryphal writings, but with hostile interpretations of writings not apocryphal.
