William J. Mayo Quotes
Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.
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The more emotion I put in to it the harder I rock.
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
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Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.
