Amy Lowell Quotes
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
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At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone is doing. it's really fun and awesome that we're the only girls, because we can tackle issues that guys can't sing about.
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I suppose I’ll have to clean up Freddy’s brains; I hate to leave a mess for the home owners. Hand me that plastic bag; I need to put it over his head to keep him from leaking. Oh, relax, Freddy; I’ll tear an airhole for you.” - Mercer
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God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.
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I chose to deal with the science of cryptography. Cryptography began in mathematics. Codes were developed, even from Caesar's time, based on number theory and mathematical principles. I decided to use those principles and designed a work that is encoded.
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To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.
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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
