Norman Cota Quotes
The transcendent and the numinous can be accessible to the most materialistic of scientists, without positing the supernatural. At the same time, there is no reason to mistrust the same experiences in believers simply because they posit a supernatural source. The question is not, "Does God exist?" It's irrelevant. The question is whether believers and nonbelievers can rejoice in the same experiences and not denigrate the other's explanation as to the origins of very powerful human responses.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.
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I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
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Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.
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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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Much of the prejudice against Islam in the West stems from a lack of understanding of the true nature of Islam as a religion professed by 1.4 billion people in the world.
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My entire career has been built on the understanding that I am not only not the smartest person in the room, I am definitely not the smartest person in the world. And I am instead going to try to create as many opportunities to connect those great ideas and help them be great.
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I've lived a real charmed life. I'm just one of those knuckleheads who literally can't remember a season of his life that he didn't enjoy. I was a happy kid.
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I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality and energy and interest.
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Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
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Ian Fleming was my cousin, and he wanted me to play Dr. No, but by the time he got around to remembering to tell the producers, they'd already cast someone else. Spilt milk!
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A woman needs to be put together more than a man. If she isn't, she looks like she's not up for the job. There's a different standard. Those are the rules, and I have to live by them.
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I don't really rehearse, because I don't really step into action until I'm forced to. The only way I prepare is just by memorizing it backward and forward so that when I get in the room, I can become the character and not think about the lines so much.
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There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory.
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Alaskans are basically 'leave me alone' type people who respect and embrace different strokes.
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So just to be clear, I'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.
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The soul of man may be divided into two parts; that which has reason in itself, and that which hath not, but is capable of obeying its dictates.
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Tradition is a challenge to innovation.
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I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they want to know whether the film works or not.
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The transcendent and the numinous can be accessible to the most materialistic of scientists, without positing the supernatural. At the same time, there is no reason to mistrust the same experiences in believers simply because they posit a supernatural source. The question is not, "Does God exist?" It's irrelevant. The question is whether believers and nonbelievers can rejoice in the same experiences and not denigrate the other's explanation as to the origins of very powerful human responses.
