Ursula Goodenough Quotes
The Big Bang, the formation of sars and planets, the origin and evolution of life on this planet, the advent of human consciousness and the resultant evolution of cultures - this is the story, the one story, that has the potential to unite us, because it happens to be true.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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It is a great honor to become Executive Producer of 'Frontline.' David Fanning's mentorship and partnership over the past fifteen years has been extraordinary. I am inspired by his legacy and honored to guide 'Frontline's future.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.
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I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn't know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me 'country,' too.
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All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.
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The Big Bang, the formation of sars and planets, the origin and evolution of life on this planet, the advent of human consciousness and the resultant evolution of cultures - this is the story, the one story, that has the potential to unite us, because it happens to be true.
