Vincent Bugliosi Quotes
Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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Empirical description involves enslavement to the object by decreeing passivity on the part of the subject.
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Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.
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I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.
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There are people who I still knock around with from the Primrose Hill set, but they have found sobriety, too, and are doing their own things.
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Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something that you don't believe is right. Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise.
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Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.
