Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
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This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis of biological molecules.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.
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People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.
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I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.
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When you're on a show schedule, everything is heightened. You're always aware of what works and what doesn't so you can be at your best.
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I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.
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There must be times when people look in the mirror and they realize they're 60.
