Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes
I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an agent when I was 12, but they told me that I had too much of an accent.
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Indeed, there is no evidence to suggest innate morality. It is therefore important to create the conditions under which the expansion of our moral communities may become more likely.
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There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life.
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In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care.
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Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
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If I'm going to compare myself to a candidate, it's Rick Scott. It's not Donald Trump.
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You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.
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It's funny because TV wasn't something that I wanted to do. I wanted to do movies. I'd said a lot of no's to a lot of shows previously because I couldn't fathom being on a show for such a long time and only doing one thing.
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I know I don't want to do another single-camera show. It's so time-consuming. I did a couple of episodes of 'Whitney' as her mom, but I have been laying low. I love being with my kids and being a mom.
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There are positive and negative thoughts. And, hey, it doesn't cost you a cent more to think positively .
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Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.
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To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.
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Indeed, the line between perceiving and hallucinating is not as crisp as we like to think. In a sense, when we look at the world, we are hallucinating all the time. One could almost regard perception as the act of choosing the one hallucination that best fits the incoming data.
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Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
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I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.
