Eileen Collins Quotes
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.
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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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I am very much a Republican.
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I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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Everybody is nicer to me when I'm in yellow.
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In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.
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We want all the information because we do intend to get to the bottom of why some of these insurance policies have lapsed.
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We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.
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It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile
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Personally, people know themselves very poorly.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening techniques.
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Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe.
