S. C. Gwynne Quotes
As an instructor, he was patient, forbearing, and tolerant of mistakes, provided his students were trying diligently to learn.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.
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Washing the Dead is an illuminating and intricately layered novel about the complicated legacies that pass from mother to daughter, and about the ways that understanding our own history helps make us who we are. Michelle Brafman is an insightful writer who never falters or flinches in her quest to uncover the hearts of her characters.
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I never want to feel more than the viewers. I'm not trying to be an automaton. It's like when you see people laughing on camera, and you don't find it funny as a viewer - it's an offputting experience.
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Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.
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I lived like a bear, in a little room, with books for my only friends . . . These were the joys and debaucheries of my youth.
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As an instructor, he was patient, forbearing, and tolerant of mistakes, provided his students were trying diligently to learn.
