Sydney J. Harris Quotes
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
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It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.
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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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To be honest, I grew up with Alan Menken's music.
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
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For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
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So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.
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Women will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.
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When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.
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My father, who was a cabinetmaker, told me, 'Wood has a grain and if you go into the grain, you have beauty. If you go against it, you have splinters - it breaks.' And I took that as my view of life. You have to follow the grain - to be sensitive to the direction of life.
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Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy.
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I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing.
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Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it.
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Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and catalyze economic development in their communities.
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The only person I really believe in is me.
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When you're shooting super-low-budget - we had 20 days to shoot 'Diary,' and a little over $2 - time is money.
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I feel that any man that tries, any man that comes out with something we like, is a good man. A man doesn't have to be Leonardo Da Vinci to be sincere.
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In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked for comment, killer whales said, 'Hey, you know what's a larger habitat?' THE OCEAN.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
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The future has an ancient heart.
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Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
