Walter B. Pitkin Quotes
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This was the first time we had two ex-Soviet Cosmonauts in Houston. A lot of us, including me, viewed it with some skepticism, because I grew up during the Cold War, so I had been hit with all this propaganda all along that their stuff wasn't that good, it wasn't that safe and we were so much better. What I found out later was that their space stuff was very good and good enough that I was certainly comfortable flying on their equipment. So, it was kind of a revelation of sorts as the years went by and I think it underscores the importance right now of international cooperation.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.
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My favorite thing in the world was to make people sing - until I made people laugh. Then that became my favorite thing in the world.
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Movement practice gets all your creative juices flowing. It doesn't just release your body, but it opens up your heart and empties out your mind, as well.
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Our music, whose eternal being is forever bound up in its temporal sounds, is not merely an art, enriching beyond measure our cultural life, but also a message from higher worlds, raising and urging us on by it's reminders of our own eternal origins.
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I believe that the problem of global climate change will ultimately spur our global society to respond and while the condition does not appear to be reversible, we will find ways to adapt to it.
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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
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Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.
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If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.
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There is someone out there that will love you.They'll want you for you.Don't settle for less.Life is short and I'm tired of wasting it...
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A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
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Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.
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Well,' I shrug, all innocent, 'we all ride our little hobbyhorses, don't we, Mr. Peel?
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Well, this is shortly after the idea was put to me because it wasn't my idea to do a Christmas record. We can talk about that a little bit, if you like, later on. But I wrote that song actually about two days after the idea was put to me.
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You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but your eye.
