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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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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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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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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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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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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I'm a very liberal person.
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If you keep telling a youngster he is no good, he might begin to doubt himself. A pat on the back could bring the very best out of him.
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There is no way of learning of God except through the adventure of our own heart.
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Many Muslims honor people of other faiths and do not kill.
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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.
