Eric Reid Quotes
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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Catalytic oxidation in living substances rests upon change of valency in an iron compound which is the respiratory oxygen-transferring ferment.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football.
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I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.
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I try not to look too far ahead.
