Jacob Bronowski Quotes
The richness of human life is that we have many lives, we live the events that do not happen (and some that cannot) as vividly as those that do, and if thereby we die a thousand deaths, that is the price we pay...
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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I hate to plan my life.
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We can all live longer, better, than we ever could before. You don't have to retire.
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We must allow people to agitate for whatever they want. They must be allowed to campaign for their views.
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I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
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The richness of human life is that we have many lives, we live the events that do not happen (and some that cannot) as vividly as those that do, and if thereby we die a thousand deaths, that is the price we pay...
