Kary Mullis Quotes
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
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I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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Personal life? I'd like to keep it private.
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Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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To me the definition of true masculinity – and femininity, too – is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
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At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.
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...And you're the only one who knows.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
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They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.
