Gerald Fischbach Quotes
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
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A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.
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I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a producer, which is a very, very valid thing for women to do, because we always produce for men, right?
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
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I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
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Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.
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It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word.
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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.
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Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because the elite makes most of the progress. You should worry about people who produce really novel inventions, not pedantic hacks.
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Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.
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Your life is big. Keep reaching.
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I think stories get better the more people try to amuse themselves.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.
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City farming is not only possible, it is the very definition of the kind of meaningful, sustainable innovation we will need to meet the grand challenges of the 21st century: climate change; population growth; ageing population; urbanization; rising demand for energy, food and water; poverty; and access to healthcare.
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Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed.
