Jacob Bronowski Quotes
The strength of the imagination, its enriching power and excitement, lies in its interplay with reality-physical and emotional.
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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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The ideal would be to have a career like Meryl Streep's or Kate Winslet's. It's just unbelievable how they manage to make such incredible choices one after the other. If you could have a career anything like that, then that would be a great thing.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this author's voice so that you will feel you have been on a seductive audio journey.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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TV broadcasting is owned, in the sense that governments around the world have asserted power over the airwaves that permeate their territories, deciding who can use what bandwidth and why - and those with licenses then, with exceptions determined by regulators, decide what to broadcast.
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My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
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Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self.
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And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.
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The strength of the imagination, its enriching power and excitement, lies in its interplay with reality-physical and emotional.
