Nick Morgan (Nicholas H. Morgan) Quotes
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.
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If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating.
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Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
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The writer is all alone.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
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My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.
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Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
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I'm used to being a small part of a massive production.
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I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.
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America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.
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There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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He was like a fireman of intellectual life, rescuing frail forgotten thinkers from the burning building of time.
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For me, philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race or religion.
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Mirror neurons make human empathy possible.
