Jonas Salk Quotes
It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
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When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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Energy legislation in Congress and the focus on energy legislation is first and foremost about creating good jobs. In Florida, where solar and biofuel and wind and so many other areas are important and so many in the private sector continues to pursue these, we need policies that will encourage that.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL' stage. Looking back on it, I can't believe that I wasn't more nervous.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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How does Love speak? In the faint flush upon the telltale cheek, And in the pallor that succeeds it; by The quivering lid of an averted eye – The smile that proves the parent to a sigh Thus doth Love speak.
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Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural.
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My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.
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I think I'm always going to be a paranormal girl at heart. I'm always going to be intrigued by it.
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I'm not advocating we should all be back in the kitchen and cooking all the time, because life's too short and we've got more interesting things to do. But to rediscover the intense pleasure of making a cake and putting it down on the table is ridiculously satisfying, out of all proportion to the work.
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It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
