Susannah Cahalan Quotes
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.
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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.
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Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
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How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.
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Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.
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As you get older, you get more... genealogical.
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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.
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Ebola isn't a respiratory virus. It doesn't spread through the airborne route. So it's not likely to spread like wildfire around the world and kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. That's what I think of as the next big one.
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Its fun to do the unexpected.
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I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.
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To see my story turned into a movie is mind-blowing.
