Bernard Iddings Bell Quotes
The free man is not he who defies the rules ... but he who, recognizing the compulsions inherent in his being, seeks rather to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest each day's experience.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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I get homesick.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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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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Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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Those who believe that health is a commodity, on par with cars or computers, fail to grasp the basic economic lesson that health is very vulnerable to exposure to the markets, not least due to the profound asymmetries in power between the providers and consumers.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of how I can be alternative, but how I can be subversive in a way that feels organic, how I can connect with people, and how I can just be myself, which may be the hardest thing to be.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.
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I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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My experience - I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for something, but I've never had an experience that made me feel any less than.
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The free man is not he who defies the rules ... but he who, recognizing the compulsions inherent in his being, seeks rather to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest each day's experience.
