Monica Crowley Quotes
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'
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Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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The Internet was supposed to allow anyone to set up a web page and share their knowledge with the world. But in practice, it's too difficult and takes too long, and almost no one does it.
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Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
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I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.
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Thug: repeating Look, bud, I said 'Your money or your life.'
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Der umgang mit frauen ist das element guter sitten.
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I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
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Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Just remember that a pat on the back is only 18 inches from a kick in the behind.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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I have a thing for men's boxer briefs and a tank top. If I'm wearing them, I'm a happy gal.
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Amusement is a way of boredom-avoidance through external stimulation that fails to exercise our minds. It's mere diversion.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the world.
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Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one.
