Christiaan Barnard Quotes
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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When I played Robert Howard in 'The Whole Wide World', I was struggling with it. There's this dual thing where you feel real good about being able to play this juicy part, and then there's constant shame: 'Who am I to pretend to know who this guy was? Who am I to represent this guy for people who never knew him?'
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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I wish I wasn't so in love, wasn't so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that - its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.
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The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.
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I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write.
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The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.
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I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
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If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
