Edward Brooke Quotes
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.
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I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
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There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I'm comfortable doing.
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Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.
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What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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Talking to Petrus is like punching a bag of sand. 'Are you giving him up?' 'Yes, I am giving him up.'
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We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.
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This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.
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Hey don't lock and turn away lose your life today and follow me into the alleyway.
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Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's a very tough man, very tough agent.
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I grew up with three sisters, so I got used to being around them and all of their worries about fashion and what they are wearing.
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Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.
