Abigail Adams Quotes
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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I always played to win.
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I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every curl. It's hot.
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If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
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I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I was a pretty lousy bass player. But the band I was in couldn't find a bass player in our small town and it was more important to have a bass than keyboards, so that's what I did.
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My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
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My mom was so people-friendly. She was incredible. She'd go to the mall, and she'd talk to everyone. Give people a kiss on the cheek. I think if I wasn't pushed around a lot, I'd be great with people. Maybe I still can be.
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I'm very different to my mum. I'm not as beautiful as she is, nor - she probably despairs about this - as groomed. I certainly rebelled against her idea of looking well turned-out. I spent several years with a shaved head in jeans and baggy shirts.
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I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
