Adrian Bejan Quotes
The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance. They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow.
Quotes to Explore
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.
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I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.
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I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.
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You have to build your credentials as a candidate, not just as a woman. You also have to be willing to exercise power. We've been educated to be mothers, peacemakers, but we must learn that we can't please everybody.
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Never dip lower than you can dip.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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Now all the bums is wondering where I be's at -if you ain't a barbie it's none of your freaking beeswax!!!
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Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of souls!
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It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time.
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Since the Fall, man had accepted labor as a penance and for its power to work redemption. It was not a law of nature which forced man to work, but the effect of a curse.
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When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.
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I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldn't do anything for me.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance. They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow.
