Harry Browne Quotes
It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.
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When you have your own place, you set your own rules.
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I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support.
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
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For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
