Barbara Mikulski Quotes
I won't stop there, ... I will continue to pursue getting the best advice possible.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.
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The future will be better tomorrow.
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Although my mother didn't necessarily approve of teenage girls wearing heels, she made an exception for me when I was 14 because she didn't want me to be self-conscious about my height - or to slouch.
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Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.
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I would like to become champion, but I'm realistic about it.
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Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.
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I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with appropriately related changes I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive.
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A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.
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I won't stop there, ... I will continue to pursue getting the best advice possible.
