Cynthia Kenyon Quotes
If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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Angela Merkel puts Germany first.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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I don't have much estimation of my abilities as a director, but I found I loved class and loved process and loved practice. And so I've put together classes of actors - oh my God - since I was 21 years old, I think.
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Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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I have some eye problems from when I was a pilot.
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As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.
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If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.
