Ashley Thomas Quotes
I just said, 'I need to do something because staying up and watching YouTube and late night TV is not cool,' so I just decided to write a script.
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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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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.
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The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
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I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
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There's a pace in TV I like.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china.
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I was kind of an unhappy kid. I always felt like a cynical New Yorker trapped in a little kid's body. I started to get some pretty bad anxiety disorders around puberty, which totally did not work with growing up a mile away from the beach. I started cutting my own hair.
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I just said, 'I need to do something because staying up and watching YouTube and late night TV is not cool,' so I just decided to write a script.
