Thomas Eakins (Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins) Quotes
I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
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My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent overseas. So in order to make it today, you have to do work that's hard to outsource, hard to automate.
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I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
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I am a working person. I always work, study or do research for my novel. I even work on Sunday.
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It's fun to get away from myself for a while when I take on these roles that have very different personalities from my own. I get to say things I normally wouldn't say or act in ways I normally wouldn't act. After all, such roles are more challenging because you really have to immerse yourself in the character.
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I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor.
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My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the '60s. I just remember watching her do her makeup all the time. She always had her nails done, makeup on - her face was ready to go when she went out. I loved it.
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Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.
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I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful.
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The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.
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Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.
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Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'
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Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I have celebrated widely. But we've fallen behind on savoring the formal layer of our language.
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When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory.
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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
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I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
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Having been raised very disciplined, I had to iron for my mom every Friday afternoon after school.
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I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.
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I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.
