Alfred Romer Quotes
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it.
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I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
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All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
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Human beings can imagine situations which are different from those in front of their eyes... because they make and hold in their minds images for absent things.
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More and more, museums will look at restaurants and chefs differently - as if they are curating art.
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When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.
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The first time I was on 'Johnny Carson,' I remember being so scared, but the minute he started talking to me, I felt a little more comfortable because I just knew he was going to take care of me. Hopefully, I have learned something from watching him for so many years that I can offer that to a guest.
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I've always said I'm not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.
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I am actually a very gentle person.
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I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.
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Some knitters say that they buy yarn with no project in mind and wait patiently for the yarn to "speak" to them. This reminds me of Michelangelo, who believed that every block of stone he carved had the statue waiting inside and that all he did was reveal it. I think I've had yarn speak to me during the knitting process, and I've definitely spoken to it. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, or maybe my yarn and I aren't on such good terms, but it really seems to me that all I say is "please" and all it ever says is "no".
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Medicine is still all about treating populations, not people - one-size-fits all treatments and diagnoses.
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All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.
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Porque saben el nombre de lo que busco ¡creen que saben lo que busco!
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In vertebrate paleontology, increasing knowledge leads to triumphant loss of clarity.
