Edward B. Lewis Quotes
We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty - again, not a large number.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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We will not lose this election for lack of money.
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People book me because of the songs I write, not because of the sets that I play, per se... I'm sure I'm going to be moving to a laptop really soon, but I was one of the last guys to let the vinyl go. I was crying. In my room, I still have thousands of records. I still pull them out and play them all the time.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
