Rachel Carson Quotes
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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You cannot mix sports with politics.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
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If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.
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Female influence came from my grandmother and my aunt. They would sing Corsican love songs while cleaning the house and dress all in black and say melodramatic things like: 'I want to die.'
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
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Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar.
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I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.
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I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.
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I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that's a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it's appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would.
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The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.
