Joshua Foer Quotes
A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
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After coming to India, I have felt the loneliest I have ever been in my life. I don't have a support system here.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had white hair for the first time in my life.
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To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.
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But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
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I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.
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I have a noble body. It adapts to all I ask of it.
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
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Love and despair go hand in hand.
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Remember that an answer to a difficulty resides at a higher level than our usual thinking, so seek this loftier level.
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Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. The best way to build a healthy personality involves understanding yourself and your feelings.
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The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
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For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
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I would say when you're dealing with live musicians and musicality, the warmth of a live instrument brings a certain feel to a song that is really hard, sometimes, to get from synthesized instruments.
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A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.
