Bette Greene Quotes
What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.
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We are strong supporters of First Amendment rights, and we believe free speech is a two-way street. While anyone is free to be an anti-Muslim bigot, on campus or off, CAIR is free to challenge their bigotry by speaking out against the promotion of hatred and intolerance.
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I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.
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I am happy with the response I am receiving for 'Kaabil.' Audiences' love is what we work for, after all.
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I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.
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Something like 'Rust and Bone' would be a dream. Very pared down. 'Orphan Black' is such a challenge. I just need something that isn't as full-on intense as that.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.
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No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.
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It's hard in today's society to have a discussion where you want to challenge the status quo because of the 'I gotcha' politics.
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We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes.
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Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.
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We are genuinely in a world that criticises women even when they are going through the biggest physical challenge of their life: pregnancy.
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The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.
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'The Darkest Minds' came from a period in my life where I felt my most powerless, when I was a teenager.
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If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
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The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, . . . when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man . . . . It is our alarming misfortune that so primitive a science has armed itself with the most modern and terrible weapons, and that in turning them against the insects it has also turned them against the earth.
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What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
