George Oppen Quotes
A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
Quotes to Explore
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Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
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As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.
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His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.
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A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input.
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At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.
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The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.
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I didn't even know what a beauty editor was. It sounds like a fictional job if you think about it. You get to test lipstick and perfume and nail polish legitimately and call it work.
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Fair use is not in the law.
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We have grown up playing on Indian conditions, we know the crowd, what is a defendable score and what is a chaseable target, while playing in home conditions has its challenges especially the expectations of the people, at the same time it also lifts you up to perform bette
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More or less, we're all afflicted with the psychology of the voyeur. Not in a strictly clinical or criminal sense, but in our whole physical and emotional stance before the world. Whenever we seek to break this spell of passivity, our actions are cruel and awkward and generally obscene, like an invalid who has forgotten to walk.
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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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There's only so many times you can read how ugly you are and how much people hate you.
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The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.
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I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.
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Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
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A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
