Alfred W. Crosby Quotes
“European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires explanation.”
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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Imagine: in the medieval ages, there was no evidence of how the history of mankind has been affected by witchcraft. But there is significant factual history of how brutality and sadism of mankind have been displayed in the most obscene manner in the name of witch-hunt.
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Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
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We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
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There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.
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I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.
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The world is a dangerous place to live.
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To write about a place, you have to live there.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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“European emigrants and their descendants are all over the place, which requires explanation.”
