Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm."Elizabeth Kolbert
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
Abbe Pierre -
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
F. H. Bradley -
Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
Carly Patterson -
I've always been fond of acoustic music.
Ian Anderson -
There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
Zoe Kazan
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
Ted Deutch -
Roma come before everything else.
Francesco Totti -
It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
Aaron Paul -
If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way.
Omar Sharif -
Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
Aaron Rodgers
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Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
Walter Jon Williams -
When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
Ralph Hall -
My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters right now, a shoe collaboration with Bass. She sells to Barneys, stuff like that.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
I used to hate stilettos. It took me a lot of time to understand how to walk in them and look graceful. And eventually, you realise their importance.
Yami Gautam -
I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I'm desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I'll find it one day.
Taron Egerton -
It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
Sam Levenson
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The normal school should provide for the training of the educator to make him realize that his is a twofold job: education as a teacher and education as a propagandist.
Edward Bernays -
I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
Dan Carter -
But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I never know.
Fisher Stevens -
If we overcome the pull and "get up and get at it," we will have won a victory. We have kept our own resolve. We can then move to other things, for by small means great things are accomplished. Thus, even this one small step is also in another sense a giant leap.
Stephen Covey -
There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm."
Elizabeth Kolbert