LaDonna Adrian Gaines (Donna Summer) Quotes
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Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.
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The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.
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As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe.
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Shortly after the 2004 Indonesian earthquake, I read that the earthquake had affected the rotation of the earth, shortening the length of our 24-hour day. Even though the change was extremely slight - only a few microseconds - I found the idea incredibly haunting.
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Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.
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I believe in the freedom of God's sons and daughters.
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One can't feel old in a day or overnight!
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Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.
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Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!
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I guess I’m just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation’s laws.
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The Function of Reason (1929), Beacon Books, 1958, p. 16
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation, and the first step towards co-operation lies in the hearts of individuals.
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We need a continuing presence in space.
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As far as I'm concerned I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.
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I swear I want to be a food model.
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Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying.
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This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.
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When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.
