Carl Safina Quotes
If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Throughout the day, I frequently use my iPhone to check 'Deadline Hollywood' and my Twitter feed, as well as the 'Daily Beast,' the 'New York Times,' 'Metsblog,' and 'Thejetsblog.'
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I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
