William Penn Quotes
It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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'Love Aaj Kal' is not really a road movie, but it does involve some travel.
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Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.
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It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.
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When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.
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I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film industry. In Tamil cinema, they care only about their hero, who is God.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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Drama was all I ever wanted to do. There was no plan B!
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Without question, the single most important attribute of a successful entrepreneur is integrity. And that's not some philosophical or theoretical malarkey; it's hard-nosed fact.
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I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.
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We don't care if you understand us.
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I feel that when you take the responsibility to host something, it is your job to make sure that all your guests are taken care of equally.
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The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing.
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It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
