Daniel Dennett Quotes
Go ahead and believe in God, if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.
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President Obama gave a speech about healthcare tonight, and yesterday he gave a pep talk to students. He told them that in order to succeed they need to work hard and study hard. Then today, former President George W. Bush presented the rebuttal.
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I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film industry. In Tamil cinema, they care only about their hero, who is God.
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I have a feeling that you despise your body and that you only value art, you only value your argent needs, but eating and sleeping aren’t enough. You believe that your appearance is your enemy, and the only friend you have is music. Why look just in the mirror, look at your reflection, you’ll never find a better friend that yourself.
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I believe education is the great equalizer.
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Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God.
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Go ahead and believe in God, if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.
