Ethel Watts Mumford Quotes
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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As a presidential candidate, Mr. Trump is going to get tough questions from the press and has to answer them.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
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I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.
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Never make unsupportable assumptions about your enemies, Martin. It can be a fatal self-indulgence.
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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
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We've had such thorough training, we've had an excellent team on the ground. With the minor glitches that have occurred, we've been able to take care of them. And the teams on the ground are getting tons of incredible data.
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Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.
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There's a lot of bands that blow up quickly, but then they die quickly. Longevity is the healthy thing; that's the pursuit.
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We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment. We have quite a correspondence with them at all times. They play a very important role, the authors in the firm, because so much of the material we publish is suggested by them.
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Anyone who meets you and doesn't want to get to know you and be part of your life is stupid. I saw it when I was just a kid." "No. You thought I was a vampire and you wanted to be my friend so I wouldn't eat you." "Well, that too. But I found out soon enough you weren't a blood sucker and I still licked you.
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Life Insurance Motto - Robbing the widows early and orphan.
