Sydney J. Harris Quotes
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.
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Recognize that the great majority of us aren't trained actors and entertainers. Usually, it's not our faces, our bodies, our personas or our stage presence that sells our books. It's our stories, our visions and our voices.
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Sure, if you're a well to do family, you always have the option of sending your children to private schools where teachers spend less time disciplining kids and more time teaching them. However, this option is beyond the reach of most households. And this is what makes school vouchers such a promising solution for lower and middle income families.
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What is sought can never produce the seeking.
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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
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To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
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The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.
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The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.
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If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
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We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
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I like action-adventure movies.
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If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.
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If you torture words enough, they'll confess to anything.
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Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference.
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To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
