David Cortright Quotes
If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I don't want to be on the road all my life.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
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As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London, buzzing with actors such as Patrick McGee and Peter Bowles. We were a family who were always on the go.
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How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
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What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
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The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
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Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.
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Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach... love is close by... and you are not alone! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation... everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!
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For 10 years, I'd been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with IMG and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom.
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'Mrs Funnybones' is based and structured around my columns, and it's about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well.
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I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.
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My parents have always told me to work hard. My father was a friend, a very good friend, but when he needed to be a father, he was.
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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
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If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.
