Erin Brockovich Quotes
My mom and my dad taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health and the right to clean water and good land.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.
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The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.
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So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man.
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Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.
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Turkey hunting is my thing; it's only once a year, but if it's turkey season, don't call me, because I won't answer.
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Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.
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I really want women to appreciate their power. It was obvious to me that lots of people are comfortable with power, and they see what it can do, but women's expression of it was never as comprehensive as it could be. It seemed like an amazing gift that Oxygen could give.
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I feel very lucky that I've been able to carve out any niche at all in this business. It's so hard to get into.
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When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.
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I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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During the period 1901 to 1905, together with Senderens, I showed that nickel is very suitable for the direct hydrogenation of nitriles into amines and, no less important, of aldehydes and acetones into corresponding alcohols.
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My mom and my dad taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health and the right to clean water and good land.
