Paul Davies Quotes
Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.
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The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China or the United States, but some of the big problems facing the entire world. From climate change to famine to even terrorism.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.
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I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
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I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form.
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I can't say that the ending of a story is always the best part of the story, and yet there's sort of this implicit idea that the finale is somehow supposed to be the mind-blowing best episode of a show. The question is: Why is that? Why do people make that assumption?
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The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being an outsider. That desire for a perspective that's all your own. The idea for me to make stuff myself with my own meaning came from that as well.
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Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me.
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Hate crimes are different from other crimes. They strike at the heart of one's identity - they strike at our sense of self, our sense of belonging. The end result is loss - loss of trust, loss of dignity, and in the worst case, loss of life.
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I'm an athlete, yes, but I'm also a woman. I'm someone who kind of, in a way, lost touch with that part of myself after I lost my legs, because there are certain feminine traits you lose when you have prosthetic legs.
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You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.
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You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.
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I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.
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Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.
