Coleman Young Quotes
There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
Quotes to Explore
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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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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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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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The earth is not in the centre of the Sun's orbit nor at the centre of the universe, but in the centre of its companion elements, and united with them. And any one standing on the moon, when it and the sun are both beneath us, would see this our earth and the element of water upon it just as we see the moon, and the earth would light it as it lights us.
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Why are atoms so small? ... Many examples have been devised to bring this fact home to an audience, none of them more impressive than the one used by Lord Kelvin: Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water, then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter thoroughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if you then took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by the automobile and its needs-by freeways, highways, garages, gas stations, car lots, parking lots. And all of it is blanketed with anonymity and foul air.
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A big part of my filmmaking is that I can go somewhere new and, visually, be excited by it.
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There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
