Andrew Lang Quotes
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts-for support rather than illumination.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.
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I was 11 years old when the Beatles broke up. I was a Lennon fanatic - I mean, I loved Paul too, but Lennon was the guy - and there was always this dream of the Beatles getting back together; there was always this hope.
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Concentrate on your task.
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Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.
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The chief executive officer is also the chief sales officer. He or she is responsible for the success of the company and making a profit. The closer the CEO is to the everyday selling process, bringing in business, the more successful the company will become.
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Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts-for support rather than illumination.
