Nicholas A. Christakis Quotes
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'
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My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires.
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Anything's possible in politics.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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I've been to Chennai several times for modelling shows and shooting ad films. It's a great place to come back to because the people are warm and welcoming. I've never had the opportunity to actually see the city, but whatever places I've been to have really caught my attention.
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Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
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Friday, 14 March,
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The agitator must stand outside of organizations, with no bread to earn, no candidate to elect, no party to save, no object but truth - to tear a question open and riddle it with light.
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I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.
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All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.
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Let me tell you, my friend, that there are things done today in electrical science which would have been deemed unholy by the very man who discovered electricity, who would themselves not so long before been burned as wizards.
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Eviction reveals people's vulnerability and desperation as well as their ingenuity and guts.
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The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate and giving them a choice in this election of a real common sense conservative Reagan Republican.
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I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.
