Isadora Duncan (Angela Isadora Duncan) Quotes
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
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I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them.
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When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
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My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.
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As anyone who has recently seen PG-13 movies knows, the level of violence in them has increased to the point of making the Motion Picture Association of America's voluntary rating system meaningless.
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One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
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I haven't gotten to do the leading man thing, so I would love to do that!
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Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.
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I grew up in northern California, where it was consistently in the hundreds in the summertime. My dad didn't think he should have to turn on the air conditioning when we had a swimming pool in our backyard; it was our built-in air conditioner.
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I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value.
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I was so enchanted with the open possibilities and the power of being able to choose my part. Who was the child now? I decided I’d be a Japanese businessman because it would be less predictable. Even when I was alone, I was so filled with excitement and laughter at the thought of my task. This was joyful children’s play!
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I do not teach children, I give them joy.
