Sarah Parcak Quotes
A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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There were two very distinct voices going on in my head and I moved easily between them. One had to do with sports, street life and establishing myself as a male... The other voice, the one I had from my street friends and teammates, was increasingly dealing with the vocabulary of literature.
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I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.
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Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
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The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.
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War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they contribute to sustainable political outcomes consistent with vital interests that are at stake in that war.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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If you criticize others, they don't dare to hurt you. If you are perfect, nobody can criticize you.
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I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.
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American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.
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A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.
