Alona Tal Quotes
My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
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I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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You have to follow that next step.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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Coffee is my water now.
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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I grew up really loving old-school horror such as 'Halloween' and 'The Birds.'
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Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.
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Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.
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I think we find that it's most helpful when we have both of our brains applied to an issue.
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I've dug so deep into his background, I can practically tell you when he stopped waring diapers.
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My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win.
