Adolphe Monod Quotes
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.
Quotes to Explore
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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If we look at the fact that record covers are essentially advertisements for the music, we acknowledge a function and purpose to draw in the prospective buyer.
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I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as R. Kelly. I performed the Sam Cooke show from 1964, when he performed at the Copacabana.
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
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The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
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Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
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What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future, but it's always based on what we have. Then, as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas.
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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.
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I'm still very much in the apprentice stage of writing. I read somewhere that you need to write a million words before you know what you're doing - so I'm headed that way, but I'm nowhere near there.
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My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
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Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.
