Abraham Flexner Quotes
The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... In Great Britain, the situation is similar. ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work is blocking and tackling - it's the same type of stuff no matter what sector you're in.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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Often when I feel I am reaching a saturation point in my performances, I think of coming back to NSD and attending workshops.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.
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I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.
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Annoying people still evokes an emotion in them. When you hear a bunch of crazy sounds you’re gonna feel something.
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Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He's at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he's under suspension. This is not America.
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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... In Great Britain, the situation is similar. ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.
