George Gerbner Quotes
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
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My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes - I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More 'va va voom,' I guess you can say.
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The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president.
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I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.
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I have a brass bed that's very 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.' I got it on eBay. It's from the early 1900s.
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The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I've been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think.
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Your mother calls and says she hasn't seen you for a long time. The first year: You invite her for a week. You give her your room, and you both sleep on the lumpy studio couch. The fifth year: Your mother sleeps on the lumpy studio couch. The tenth year: You send the children to mother.
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Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.
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In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.
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I have a problem with the term social entrepreneurship because people say only business helps to make the world a better place.
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
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I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. When I first came back to the theater, and I was suddenly doing eight shows a week again for three or four months, I had to find a new reason to do it.
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You don't stop when a musical number comes up and do the number and then take up the scene where you left off. It all moves forward. Your work as an actor was part of your work as a dancer as well. It was dialogue through movement.
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My stepmother sold my birth certificate and someone asked why I didn't buy it back. I don't know, really. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was mine. It cost me nothing and suddenly I had to buy it back.
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The product is the delivery of the largest number of people at the least cost.
