Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes
Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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For people worried about the Great Recession and the uncertainty of what is coming next, the characters of 'Mad Men' are good company.
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Ninety percent of them artists in general are forgotten ten minutes after they’re dead.
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My character is not flawless.
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I go to an all-Hawaiian school, and we learn everything about being Hawaiian. We have a really deep respect for the water and the land. We say, 'mauka to makai,' mountains to ocean. I believe if you take care of the ocean, the ocean will take care of you in return.
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I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.
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I was excited by the process of Pandora, which I still think is a decent product. Not as great in actuality as it sounds. After the first hour, its weaknesses start to show up.
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Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government.
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I definitely am the sort of person that likes to be constantly learning things.
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A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.
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When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!
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Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John Kerry's speech and overall ineffective convention nearly sank him in 2004 (though he was almost saved by the debates).
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Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.
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Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.
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Reviews don't bother me.
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It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed to dissipate. But abandoning the shuttle, and committing to new launch vehicles and propulsion systems, is actually a prerequisite for a vibrant manned programme.
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The reality is that people know my character, and they know my service.
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When I leave the country, I'm very, very cautious about what I eat and drink. No vegetables, no fruit.
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It's really interesting to go back to '93 or '94 and listen to that music, like the I'll Lead You Home record.
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Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.
