Alvin Rosenfeld Quotes
If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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Bullies always have another target.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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I do think there is an important artistic component in what we do. As a technology company I've tried to really stress that.
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You're an awful little guy to be such a big thief.
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I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.
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And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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America has a long history of pride in the military uniform, and the Army has a 362-page directive on proper uniform wear. Included are guidelines that accommodate freedom of religion by outlining what religious attire or jewelry can be worn with the uniform.
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A gas tax could be one important element of an integrated energy policy.
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We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.
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I have a very extreme state of mind. Things are very black or very white.
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Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take.
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The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.
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Whether moral and social phenomena are really exceptions to the general certainty and uniformity of the course of nature; and how far the methods, by which so many of the laws of the physical world have been numbered among truths irrevocably acquired and universally assented to, can be made instrumental to the gradual formation of a similar body of received doctrine in moral and political science.
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If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
