Sherman Alexie Quotes
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We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.
Aaron Ciechanover -
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
Ted Nelson -
Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
Sam Kean -
There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
M. J. Rose -
Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
Daniel Craig -
When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
Majel Barrett
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I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.
Patrick Fischler -
I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
Oliver Stone -
I'm still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.
T-Pain -
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
A. S. Byatt -
I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
I am a fan of wuxia.
Zhang Yimou
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I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
Rachel Stevens -
I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered - now I have only one doubt left - which of the twain was God?
Aleister Crowley -
Love is the law, love under will.
Aleister Crowley -
I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard.
Joe Bastianich -
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.
Nellie McKay -
I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.
James Nesbitt
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The thing about politicians in Britain is that they are out there, you can lobby them, get close to them, there are loads of ways you can protest against them, and booing is a pretty weak way of doing it.
Alastair Campbell -
Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
Jimmy Buffett -
If I die tomorrow, I've accomplished everything I wanted to do in life.
Don Johnson -
Every picture tells a story, don't it?
Rod Stewart -
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
Saint Francis de Sales -
He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.
Sherman Alexie