Edith Widder Quotes
I think I have the best job in the world. Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by water, we've explored less than five percent of the ocean, and there are so many fabulous discoveries that have yet to be made.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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It's great to be able to continue my career in Chicago. Playing with the best organization in sports and the best fans in the game is a blessing.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation.
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'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' – there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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As I have said before, dancing is for anyone, but not for everyone.
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I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.
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Because I wasn't Asian enough- they decided to hire an Asian Consultant. Because I was fucking it up as an Asian. She would follow me around: 'Margaret! Use chopsticks! And when you're done eating, you can put them in your hair. Now you're wearing shoes, which is something we don't do in the house. Now I'm just going to leave this abacus right here...'
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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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I think I have the best job in the world. Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by water, we've explored less than five percent of the ocean, and there are so many fabulous discoveries that have yet to be made.
