Elias Lyman Magoon Quotes
Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on the wall. So yeah, we just throw darts at the ones we don't want anymore.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
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We're not Seattle East. We're our own Atlanta, and there are definitely things I learned from Coach Carroll. He had probably the single biggest influence on my coaching career.
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I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.
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Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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I believe the greatest successes you will ever attain are still waiting for you on the road ahead.
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Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.
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I told my doctor I got water on my knee, he gave me a sponge and raised his fee!
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I was valuing my survival more than sharing my faith.
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I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
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One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.
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Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.
