Nancy Etcoff Quotes
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
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Writers are so important.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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My dad doesn't hug me enough!
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.
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Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle.
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If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.
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Start a personal blog and begin developing a public reputation and public portfolio of work that’s not tied to your employer.
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The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.
