Gay Talese Quotes
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I wanted to go to college and play football.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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The most important, what I believe myself to do, is what is the interest of Lebanon, what is the interest of my country and my nation? And I'm going to do it fully.
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I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.
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Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
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The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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As big as an elephant is, a whale is still larger. Everything's relative. Even gods have their spot on the food chain.
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Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND
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Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel - only worse.
