Nora Volkow Quotes
It's a compulsion, it's a need that goes beyond the ability to consciously control it, and in that respect it's very similar to drug addiction.
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I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.' And then you have kids, and in an instant nothing in the world matters except for this stranger, because this person comes into the world and in an instant all your focus and priorities becomes these kids.
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I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
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We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens.
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In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
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I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something away from them. Kids like boundaries, they also like to be pushed, need to learn what failure is all about, need guidance.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
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I don't mind people looking at me. That's never bothered me. I don't want them looking at me in my house; now that would bother me.
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For me, fashion means dare. I don't mind wearing a bikini. I am okay with it.
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I've always got on very well with the French, perhaps because I'm very natural.
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Once companies begin to outsource, they never go back.
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You need to get in studio; we're excited about the Pay 1 opportunity with Disney because those movies are not just movies. They're amazing family content that get flexed over and over again, forms great loyalty with our subscribers, and it's a real trust brand for parents as well.
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No-one contests the need to address the high cost of and the corresponding difficulty of having access to cross-border clearing and settlement in the EU. We have not yet reached any definitive view on the precise measures we would propose to remedy this situation. It is clear, though, that the present system is untenable. Changes are going to have to be made. We believe the industry recognizes this as well and we would encourage them to be a part of the solution and not the problem." ()
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny.
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It's a compulsion, it's a need that goes beyond the ability to consciously control it, and in that respect it's very similar to drug addiction.
