Edith Widder Quotes
The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm cranky.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
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To be a director, you have to be especially patient.
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In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
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Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.
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The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
