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.
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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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Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves.
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Probably what I'm going to have is two receivers mad every week. It's just a matter of which two among our group.
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I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.
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Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as men. We're still heavily outnumbered - we're still four to one in parliament - but we are pioneers! We are forging a new path.
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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.
