Charles C. Mann Quotes
The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.
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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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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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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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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans.
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Donald Trump at the head of the Republican ticket affords Democrats a great opportunity.
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His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground
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The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.
