M. Carey Thomas Quotes
One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you know, in Melbourne. I thought - bit strange, you know bit odd, bit erratic.
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The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became.
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I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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I was always a bit of a jokester.
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One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.
