Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Bravo's 'Real Housewives' series isn't just entertainment for devoted fans like me - it's an entire all-absorbing universe of pride and passion.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Well, I'm wrestling alligators.
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I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
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My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't fold to peer pressure. I think how affectionate my wife and I have been with her over the years all plays into that. She realizes the more people she is exposed to that kids who have both parents around grow up to be much better people.
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To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.
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Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the desire to create; and that is apt to happen to a mathematician rather soon. It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, and it would be silly to bother about him.
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
