Nathanael Emmons Quotes
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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I don't write about Google except to insult the company.
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I'm not a violent person, but I've got a hard core streak and have a reputation about living dangerously.
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
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As a franchise, we don't have any different expectations than anyone else.
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I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.
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The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be.
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My father and I rarely saw eye to eye when I was growing up. We saw the world differently. It was only when we were both adults that we were able to share spectacles. However, football, and particularly the World Cup, was when we, enemy combatants, could traverse trenches and be together.
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There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.
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I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.
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I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.
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The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.
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they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and I keep on remembering mine
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The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the old city lay red before them, as their walk drew to a close. The moaning water cast its seaweed duskily at their feet, when they turned to leave its margin; and the rooks hovered above them with hoarse cries, darker splashes in the darkening air.
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How can we extinguish a fire if we don't first cut off the fuel that ignites the inferno?
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Everything starts from a dot.
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There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.
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Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives. A life that gets out of balance is much like a car tire that is out of balance. It will make the operation of the car rough and unsafe. Tires in perfect balance can give a smooth and comfortable ride. So it is with life. The ride through mortality can be smoother for us when we strive to stay in balance.
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It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
