David Blankenhorn Quotes
The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity with fatherhood as a defining feature of American childhood.
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I have more friends in New York than Paris.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.
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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
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When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time.
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I am really Method-y.
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I want to do music, and I want that to be the highlight of everything that I do. I want that at the forefront.
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People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.
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You want to harbor your resources and try not to make a mistake.
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The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature.
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A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.
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Follow your passion.
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At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.
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What's in my pocket?You never knewYou didn't know me wellSo well, as I knew you
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With the precision of a hummingbird's heart Was the lord of the monarch butterflies One-time ruler of the world of art
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Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
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To think of education as a means of preserving institutions however excellent, is to have a superficial notion of its end and purpose, which is to mould and fashion men who are more than institutions, who create, outgrow, and re-create them.
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The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity with fatherhood as a defining feature of American childhood.
