Merle Shain Quotes
The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.
Quotes to Explore
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.
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I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
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If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.
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I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.
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I think that people love 'Wipeout' simply because it's just plain, simple fun.
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I think what President Barack Obama has done is to chart a steady course. When I was there, the first four years we had a lot of cleanup to do. We inherited a lot of bad feelings from the George W. Bush administration, and much of what I spent my time doing was traveling around the world reassuring friends and allies.
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Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.
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Changi for me - of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event - was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.
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The creativity that can occur when a feel for both the humanities and the sciences combine in one strong personality was the topic that most interested me in my biographies of Franklin and Einstein, and I believe that it will be a key to creating innovative economies in the twenty-first century.
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The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.
