Rachel Carson Quotes
Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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Com'è in proverbio, ognun corre a far legnaAll'arbore che 'l vento in terra getta.
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You run into a party and a woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw — Ava Gardner — and says, 'I like you and why don't we get together?' What are you going to say, 'No'? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature.
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The stress and turmoil that my father had to go through at a young age to make sure that I didn't have the same trials and tribulations, I couldn't be more grateful.
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What I really like about 'Grit' - especially being the guy who goes on TV every week and says 'Never Give Up' and who truly tries to live his life to that credo - we recruited 16 people who said, 'I will never give up.' And the only way they can leave the contest is by doing the one thing they said they never would.
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I had an agent. When [Edward] Steichen was doing "The Family of Man", I went up to the office one day. I think Wayne Miller, who assisted Steichen with "The Family of Man," was up there and pulled out a bunch of pictures. So I got a message: "Take these pictures, call Steichen, make an appointment and take these pictures up there." And that's how I met him.
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Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
