Ann Bancroft Quotes
To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.
Quotes to Explore
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.
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That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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All of our movies are lower budget, and that makes them more interesting, too: we have to come up with solutions other than throwing money at problems.
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It's a job, and it's challenging. But I love music and creating. That's why I got into music.
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My hope is to see people of color in roles that do not emphasize race. Often times when movies are centered around people of color, they are movies where the storyline is based on some racial component. I want to see movies where people of color play more interesting, nuanced characters.
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It was nice to finish up Stanford. I think I always felt that I would be there for four years and graduate, and definitely didn't want to leave early. A degree was definitely a plus, and I was having a lot of fun in school. But after football, you know, I don't know. I really did enjoy studying architecture; it was a blast.
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To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.
