The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Thomas Huxley
Recitation: by Male by Female
People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
Anna Deavere Smith
PowerPeopleMouthFindRightOut
Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk.
Michael J. Fox
ParentsBrainEnoughRiskSitOff
You can't strategize falling in love, can you? It's never worked. People love you the most and set you up, and it doesn't work because you can't predict these things. You fall in love serially.
Meryl Streep
WorkLovePeopleFalling In LoveYou
Only the paranoid survive.
Sophia Amoruso
SurviveParanoidOnly
What if I told you every single person in America - every single person on Earth - is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone's cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it.
Spencer Wells
ScienceSmallAmericaYouEarth
If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.
Rob Lowe
StoryBetterYouOutGoingCome
Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.
Mary Wilson Little
GoodMannersLyingGood MannersHalf
I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.
Dolly Parton
TimeSongStandListenAround
Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has led to people being rounded up and killed.
Brewster Kahle
HistoryPeopleLongAuthoritarianUp
I like the cold; I don't have problem with cold, and I don't have problem with rain either, as long as people are smiling. You know, early in my career, I used to wonder about this fan frenzy, but now I realize that there is genuine love, respect and affection, which makes me very proud to be an actor.
Boman Irani
LoveRespectRainPeopleMeProud
I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.
Brit Marling
KitchenFeelYouKindEditingMeal
It seems like the record industry made so much crazy money in the 1960s that everyone wanted to get in on it. Now it's just become very corporate. So all of these people who despise music end up being in charge.
Win Butler
MusicMoneyPeopleCrazyEndBecome
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