Eugenie Scott (Eugenie Carol Scott) Quotes
I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an autograph for her?' And some people send me stuff. I don't mind it at all: as a sportswoman, you owe them because they support you.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
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You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.
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Nothing is good in this society. This patriarchal society is bad.
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You can't take life for granted.
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I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.
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I think hair is just, like, the most important thing about you.
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I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.
