People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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quotistA society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. ~Simon Mainwaring
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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