Umberto Eco Quotes
What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better.
Quotes to Explore
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Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.
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When I initially moved to the city, I had to stay in hotels for almost two years. I was fed up of that life, and it was then that I decided that I wanted a home in the city, so I shifted base permanently.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I got taught a lot of great lessons by superhero comics as a kid about virtue and self-sacrifice and responsibility. And those were an important part of imprinting my DNA with ethical and moral values.
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I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction.
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The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.
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In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.
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The Internet and new networking requirements are enough of a disruptor for us to enter a new market.
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What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better.
