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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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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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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Tara: Sweetie, you wouldn't blow off a class if your head was on fire.
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Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control.
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If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.
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he used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was all pretty difficult. He wanted to be loved, too, if he could fit it in.
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Of all forms of fiction, autobiography is the most gratuitous.
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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.
