William Stanley Jevons Quotes
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.
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It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa.
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A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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I eat right and stay healthy as much as possible.
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My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
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I was one of the worst attorneys. I didn't enjoy law.
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I don't like conservatives. They always talk about the good old days. I'm black, we have no good old days.
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I thought Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' was remarkable. Managing to be entertaining while still delivering all that hard science was a pretty good trick to pull off.
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I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself.
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We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead.
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Science arises from the discovery of Identity amid Diversity.
