Tom Flynn Quotes

Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.

Tom Flynn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 18, 1955

Topics

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I grew up in Belle Harbor, which is in New York City, but it has the most powerful sense of nature and seasons. It wasn't even the beach and the water. I just dreamt about everything that had to do with nature. I read about Thoreau.

Joel Sternfeld

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Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

John D. Voelker

HateGreedSpinningProtectionUs

I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact.

Strom Thurmond

I AmThinkHelpYouFindWill

You have the wookie character, which is one of the biggest aliens in 'Defiance.' These guys are just walking about with these mechanical faces on, and it actually looks insane. The amount of diversity of all the aliens in the town is quite unbelievable.

Tony Curran

CharacterDiversityWalkingYouJust

New York is home. It's so unique that there is no other place like it.

Tony Rock

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My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.

Mika Brzezinski

MorningTimeMistakeSituationFix

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

Lord Kelvin

FlyingImpossibleMachines

Once you're on, nobody can say, 'Cut it.' You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real live audience.

Jason Robards

LiveYouNobodySayRealOut

It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish.

Dolores O'Riordan

YouIrishDifficultEuropeBreak

Airbnb is different from most brands. We're a community of individuals, and yet there's a consistency holding us together through the values we share. We have a common belief in belonging, but everyone's expression of it will naturally always be a little different.

Brian Chesky

CommunityTogetherConsistencyValues

I have learned a great deal from the theatrical side of Covent Garden. The Paris Opera Ballet is more concerned with technique. It's perfect. It's beautiful. It's well done. But it lacks the theatrical tradition that is so important in England. At the Royal Ballet, absolutely everyone on stage seems to be caught up in the plot.

Sylvie Guillem

BeautifulGreatWell DonePerfect

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

Susan Sarandon

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