Abraham Flexner Quotes
Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
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I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
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Pain is never permanent.
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When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag.
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More is spent in a single month [in the U.S.] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or internationally fighting slavery from its inception. Per month, we spend more on the drug war than we ever have trying to free slaves.
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Nobody would take me seriously. They would take one look at me and say, 'O.K., folk singer.' That was really hard for me, and I was angry a lot of the time. I did all these summer programs, and I never encountered another female playing jazz guitar. Ever.
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Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
