Lennart Nilsson Quotes
I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know.
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Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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It took years for me to figure out what my body needs and that what works for my friends doesn't necessarily work for me. Doing yoga five times a week has transformed my body.
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I don't drink coffee.
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Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.
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There are no rules when it comes to songwriting, so I'd turn Carter family songs from the 1930s into pop songs.
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However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
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I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
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When I first started out in the industry, I was 12 or whatever, and I wanted to be on something so bad, and I didn't know what I was going to be on. At the time, I was in school, and I was working on drama and theatrical stuff, so I never thought that I'd end up going to comedy.
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My signature jam is damson or quince, and it's called 'Kate's Sweet and Sticky'. Basically, I'm a domestic goddess.
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Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
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My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'
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But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
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Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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Es gibt kein äußeres Zeichen der Höflichkeit, das nicht einen tiefen sittlichen Grund hätte. Die rechte Erziehung wäre, welche dieses Zeichen und den Grund zugleich überlieferte.
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My mother had Alzheimer's, and it's a desperately, desperately cruel thing to witness.
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Because knowing where we come from allows us to know who we are. Our past is part of us. We can't outrun our past, no matter how hard we try.
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I used to like to break into other people's houses and sit in their rooms. I found it very comforting to be in someone's empty house.
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My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals.
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I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know.
