Nina Totenberg Quotes
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I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.
Victoria Principal
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Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
Walter Anderson
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
Frances O'Grady
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I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.
Aasif Mandvi
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
Abu Bakr
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
Hampton Sides
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
Sam Worthington
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
Faith Ford
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
Francesca Annis
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The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
Vernor Vinge
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I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.
Walt Disney
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I've tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.
Tallulah Bankhead
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The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.
Alva Myrdal
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I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music.
Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails
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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.
Maya Angelou
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I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.
Janis Ian
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I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.
James Carl Inkanish, Jr.
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If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!
Marisol Nichols
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My mom, she was, at a young age, caught up in the worldly ways. At that time, it was very intriguing to be out partying and having fun. As a young mother, she was caught in that.
Amar'e Stoudemire
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Many different guitar players have different levels of natural talent. It all comes down to the guitarists’ upbringing and who they are as a person. It all factors in to a certain extent.
Joe Stump
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The authentic experience, where is that? Living the moment. That is something that we're losing.
Chris Pine
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Molecular chemistry, the chemistry of the covalent bond, is concerned with uncovering and mastering the rules that govern the structures, properties and transformations of molecular species.
Jean-Marie Lehn
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There are no mistakes, there are only correctable errors. There are no errors, there are only alternate programs.
John Lilly
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I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom.
Nina Totenberg
