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Whether or not you're writing fiction or you're making sculptures. You're trying to create a space. You're trying to make something where… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special… — Caleb Deschanel Copy Share Image
I think that's why you see so many Americans in Dublin look so sad: they are looking for the door through which… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
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The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show… — Phylicia Rashad Copy Share Image
I suddenly realize why David Attenborough is the giant he is. It is not just his geographic curiosity, not just his anthropological… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
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I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Becoming the character you are playing might work for some, but for me, it doesn't. I always maintain a gap between myself… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
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You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep… — Sharon Lawrence Copy Share Image
Christ-as always, the model-never sat back, crossed his arms, and dismissed the annoying, the troublesome, or the unpromising. He never name-called, never… — Heather King Copy Share Image
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Twenty five years in business, including business with other nations, competing with companies across the world, has given me an understanding of… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
The aims of pure basic science, unlike those of applied science, are neither fast-flowing nor pragmatic. The quick harvest of applied science… — Lincoln Barnett Copy Share Image
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One might suppose that reality must be held to at all costs. However, though that may be the moral thing to do,… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I used to make my living by understanding people. And the way I learned to understand them was by observing them. I… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
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