Rick Tumlinson Quotes

It was the summer of 1968 or so, and Dad and my little brother were out camping. While up in the mountains, my brother was bitten by a rattlesnake. As they raced back to the base, my dad sucked out the venom and used his hands as a tourniquet and probably save his life, for it was a serious bite, and he was just a little kid.

Rick Tumlinson

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LifeMountainsBrotherHandsBack

Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.

Jimmy Gomez

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In America, all things are possible.

Mel Martinez

AmericaPossibleThingsAll Things

Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes.

Ann Leckie

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Most Americans probably aren't aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed.

Andy Grove

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Of course it's important to make mistakes, as long as you grow from them.

Michael Douglas

MistakesGrowLongYouImportant

The past is filled with people who aren't traditionally thought of as fantastic singers singing these songs that capture people; songs like 'Louie Louie.' I just aim toward that, and I think I've gotten better at it.

Stone Gossard

PastPeopleSingingThinkBetter

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

Sidney Hook

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I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

Troye Sivan

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It is often said that definitions of Islamic government are imprecise. To me, however, they seemed to have a clarity that was completely familiar and also, it must be said, far from reassuring.

Michel Foucault

GovernmentMeClaritySaidMustFar

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

Lorrie Moore

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The more successful I got, the more scared I got. My name was all over Google. I had a Wikipedia page I was terrified to look at. And so I just snapped. I thought, 'If I'm going to come out with this, I'm going to do it in a big way. And not just for myself. This can't just be my story.'

Jose Antonio Vargas

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I have the feeling that all stories travel with an understory.

Ali Smith

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