Natalie Angier Quotes
Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.Natalie Angier
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I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
Quincy Jones -
I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
Wayne Dyer -
Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
Garry Trudeau -
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
Malcolm de Chazal -
Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
Imelda Marcos -
The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been playing piano ever since I have been 9.
Laura Marano
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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
Karel Capek -
Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
Irene Peter -
As an actor, you put yourself out there. You put yourself in the arena as an easy target.
Katee Sackhoff -
Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind. … those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
There is a constitutional right for people to own guns, but there's also a constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
Hillary Clinton -
I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.
Brenda Lee
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Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.
Anthony J. D'Angelo -
Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.
Douglas Brinkley -
God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision.
Charles Stanley -
I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.
Anna Eshoo -
'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.
Adrian Tomine -
'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
Yehuda Berg
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With all the care that women do and all the money we spend to maintain our hair, men can at least take the time to wash their face with a simple inexpensive product that will soften their facial hair so they're not hurting us when we go in for a kiss. Trust me, guys, women will want to kiss you more if you take care of your facial hair.
Adrianne Palicki -
Whether it is sufficiently meeting systemic needs is largely left up to whether we trust the government.
James "Jim" Seals -
I started taking cocaine and drink ... I turned into a babbling fucking wreck.
Damien Hirst -
Peoria is such a seemingly quintessential American city, and I had always wanted to draw on that in either my fiction or in nonfiction. The Midwest is also a landscape that I have always been infatuated with, perhaps because it's the first one I can truly remember.
Dinaw Mengestu -
Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.
Natalie Angier