Zebulon Pike Quotes
The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.
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A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.
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The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book.
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The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route.
