Conrad Aiken Quotes
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
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Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
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I can't even tell you how many different shows I would love to guest star on because there's just too many.
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Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.
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Eliza was my first name for two reasons. My dad was reading 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which features the maid Eliza in it, when I was born. Then there was Eliza Doolittle from 'My Fair Lady' and 'Pygmalion.' My mum always loved the name, and I got called Eliza Doolittle a lot, so it stuck, basically.
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I had patience with them for many ages: they tried me very sorely. They did terrible things: they embraced death, and said that eternal life was a fable. I stood amazed at the malice and destructiveness of the things I had made...
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I go through the motions of living in society
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I love you, what star do you live on?
