Evelyn Glennie Quotes
The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.
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To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
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I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn’t want to be an actor.
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Life would be dull without them.
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The phrase 'contrary to all expectations' rings through the story of the progress of human knowledge. It was 'contrary to all expectations' that the Earth was found to revolve around the sun, and not the other way round, and that a mould growing in one of Dr. Alexander Fleming's dishes was found to be capable of destroying bacteria. When in 1989 the spacecraft Voyager 2 got close enough to the planet Naptune to take detailed pictures of the surface, they were 'contrary to all expectations'.
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Certainly Paul shares the view of the Old Testament prophets that God will one day flood the world with justice and joy - and that this has begun to be fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus.
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Education is all a matter of building bridges.
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We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.
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Having this message of sobriety and recovery to blast out into the world is also very powerful and kind of the reason why I'm on this planet, I think; it's one of my purposes.
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The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.
