Ursula Goodenough Quotes
Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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My education was very tough.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
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Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.
