Beryl Markham Quotes
A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
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My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.
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Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
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I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.
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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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When I was 21, I was in a pretty serious band, and we almost got signed - went to New York, showcased, all that - but didn't end up getting signed, and we broke up. I went back to the drawing board; I really took a hit from that whole experience.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.
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I love the song 'Weird' too. It is really weird when you listen to the beat and the words. It's about someone that she's still obsessed with. And everything he does is like he says this, but he does this. And he does this but he says this. It's all twisted around and backwards. She's not really sure who he is or what he does, but she likes it.
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I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
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A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
