Michael Pollan Quotes

My mode as a writer is to layer different perspectives: the scientific, the philosophical, the political, the journalistic. When you layer them, you get a really wholesome, interesting picture.

Michael Pollan

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I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.

Jimmy Smits

EducationGreatI AmCollegeYoung

'American Idol' is such a big platform. It's been on for so many seasons. I went on the show not thinking I was going to make it that far at all because there was so many talented people that auditioned.

Jessica Sanchez

PeopleThinkingAmericanSeasonsBig

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music.

John Legend

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I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.

Tracy Morgan

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Anyone who thinks my life is cupcakes is all wrong.

Judy Blume

LifeMy LifeWrongWhoThinks

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.

Douglas Coupland

DayProblemYouHumanSeeUp

Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.

Dorothea Benton Frank

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We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

Christine Quinn

PeopleThinkPerfectDeserveChances

We were studying at Newport Film School, and I found that the only way for me to make films - because you need people and you need equipment - was that I had to be a student.

Asif Kapadia

SchoolPeopleMeYouStudentWay

There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.

William Shatner

GoodDoingDramaWithinTexture

Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody.

Tito Ortiz

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I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

Marion Bartoli

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