Anthony Stafford Beer Quotes
Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.
Quotes to Explore
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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I was a journalist. I was a drummer. I was everything. I didn't know what the heck I was. But with Jack Paar, the job was very specific - no confusion. You came in each day. You wrote five pages of jokes. You handed the pages in... The pressure was to write five pages of jokes every day. I did it, and I thought, 'This is what I like to do.'
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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.
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I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
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I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to just put my hair under a wig cap and slap on a wig that's already done. It's dress up for your hair!
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I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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I say things as if they've already happened, so as I'm getting ready I can think about it and feel it, how it's going to feel to win, and I see myself getting on the podium.
Mandy Bujold
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I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.
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The more time we spend with Mother nature, the more we fall in love with her.
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I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.
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You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.
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In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.
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Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.
