Ethan Zohn Quotes
Learning from your heroes increases your information retention. And these soccer players in Africa are the heroes in their community.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.
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All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
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I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.
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I really liked the script of 'Alone.' I thought there were a lot unexpected things in the film, which I would want to watch as a viewer. I did not think like I was doing a horror film; I did not think in terms of genre. I decided on the basis of the script.
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I don't like the idea of busing children all over the country. It's not safe. And there doesn't seem to be that much of an urgent need for it to be done.
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Michael Jackson did real damage in my overall life. I was a 12-year-old boy who was hurt by his family and ignored by people at school. Michael would sit and talk to me for hours and he would listen. Then he would get bored. The biggest thing that Michael's done to children is befriending the ones that are in need and then abandoning them
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After boarding school in Switzerland, at, like, 14 or 15, my life clicked, and I just realized, 'I don't want to be like anyone around me at my school. I don't think the world revolves around money.'
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One thing about Los Angeles is it feels like it's not new. It feels like it's already been built, and it's deteriorating, except for the places they're trying to make nicer. But in general, you drive all through the city, and the city feels like it was new a long time ago.
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I have and will continue to vigorously pursue opportunities in all mediums.
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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
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Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hotel rooms.
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Dad never interferes in our personal matters. He is a very candid person and knows where to draw the line. He is always there for all of us in the family.
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Getting elected as a Republican in Massachusetts is very, very different from being elected as a Republican in New Hampshire.
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I think a businessman can be an artist just as much as a writer or a sculptor, so I'm real proud of what the company has become.
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You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.
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I'm less concerned about whether being a good corporate citizen burnishes a company's reputation. That's just an added benefit. I believe it's a responsibility, and there is no negotiating on responsibilities.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
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I think it's very important to distinguish between objectivity - which tends to be open, flexible, skeptical of its own certainty and open to new information - and objectivism - which thinks, "No, we know it all, we've got it, so real thinking and learning can come to an end."
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Learning from your heroes increases your information retention. And these soccer players in Africa are the heroes in their community.
