Alan Cohen Quotes
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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The divestment movement is a start at challenging the excesses of capitalism. It's working to delegitimize fossil fuels and showing that they're just as unethical as profits from the tobacco industry.
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Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood.
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Xerox is really good at managing documents, and we're definitely good at managing through a process.
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I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.
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I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.
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Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
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I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.
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Even as a little kid, I was fascinated by newspapers and magazines. They were my TV. I'd be the first one up to grab the morning paper, mainly to look at the sports pictures, the war pictures.
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I feel like I've spent the majority of my time touring and traveling, so if I reduced the actual time making music, it's probably four and a half years at the most.
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I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.
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Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake.
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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.
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Turn," Liz said, trying not to hide her impatience at being forced to read at non-speed-of-light pace.
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If you sense there must be more, there is more.
