Anna Cora Mowatt Quotes
There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
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I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
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Promoters do not have a divine right to stay in charge regardless of how badly they mismanage an enterprise, nor do they have the right to use the banking system to recapitalize their failed ventures.
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It is important to realize that the market economy, though it is associated historically with the rise of modern private capitalism, is as a mechanism not necessarily limited to that system.
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About shocking. You know I feel comfortable in my skin. I think it's an okay thing to express yourself.
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One of the major jobs of the Harvard president is to choose the deans. I've had the opportunity to choose a considerable number of deans already, so I've learned a lot in the process in doing it.
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He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.
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On the first feature, everything's new. No matter what you're doing, it's a new experience, and you don't really have control over it, in a way, because you just don't know how things work.
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There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.
