Bruce Ames Quotes
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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
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As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.
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It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.
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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.
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Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to realize that you create your experiences through your expectations.
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I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.
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I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
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It’s like someone who prays every night saying God’s a good listener. Just because you’re talking to us doesn’t mean we’re listening. With me and God, you never really know.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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In Arab culture, music is for celebration. You don't play music at funerals.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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I'm so bored by business and money.
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Do we always, always to the point of misery, do a thing?
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If at first you don't fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!
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...it was clear to everyone at the table who had any experience with men and alcohol—especially men who had won international literary prizes—that he was not going to stop talking at any point in the meal.
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The miniature potatoes tasted a little like dirt, and the green veggies were too chewy, but Jason ate them for the sake of his nutrition. Anything that terrible had to be healthy.
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Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's time.
