In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.
David Thewlis
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I first moved from Shanghai when I was five, I just thought of myself as Chinese.
Jenny Zhang
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We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them.
John McCain
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My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos.
Robert Edwards
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I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.
DeRay Mckesson
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It's very important that we keep these special, wild places. It defines the United States. Imagine our country without our national parks and our monuments. Here in California, imagine if you didn't have in Southern Cal the Channel Islands or the great Highway 1, Big Sur up to Point Reyes up to the Redwood country.
Douglas Brinkley
GreatYouCountryImportantWild
Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.
Chris Hardwick
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If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Chief Seattle
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A doctor, a judge, or a piece of paper shouldn't have the power to tell someone who he or she is. We should all have the absolute and inalienable right to define ourselves, in our own terms and in our own languages, and to be able to express our identity and perspectives without fear of consequences and retribution.
Chelsea Manning
FearPowerIdentityDoctorJudge
We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
Anton Chekhov
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When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'
Peter Diamandis
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I'm lucky to have been able to represent different companies over my career.
Tiger Woods
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If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
Martin Luther
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