Adam Garfinkle Quotes
What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
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What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.
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Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them.
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Never give a sucker an even break.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie artist, either. All the best artists have been in the middle.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.
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The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.
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A million years went by quick.
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I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.
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I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.
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We must not allow the liberals to move us away from the conservative values of the American past which sustain our present and shall secure our future. As for me and my family, we will serve God, we will serve this constitutional republic, we will serve America.
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My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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I prefer to see myself as the Janus, the two-faced god who is half Pollyanna and half Cassandra, warning of the future and perhaps living too much in the past - a combination of both.
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What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present.
