Mordecai Richler Quotes
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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We didn't know that Mother had gone through a passionate love affair or that Father suffered from severe depression. Mother was preparing to break out of her marriage, Father threatening to take his own life.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.
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It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.
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I work out and go to the gym, but I still enjoy my soul food and snacks. But I'm a pretty petite young woman, and I just do everything in moderation and make sure that I just keep everything together.
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I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.
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During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums.
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I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
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Jane Campion is a tough director.
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Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a pop song. What I love about Taylor Swift is that she offers both.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.
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Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps!
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When I speak of artistic universals, I am not denying the enormous role played by culture. Obviously culture plays a tremendous role, otherwise you wouldn't have different artistic styles - but it doesn't follow that art is completely idiosyncratic and arbitrary, either, or that there are no universal laws.
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Wherever I travel I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere.
