Alan Ball Quotes

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

Alan Ball

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A digital currency issued by a central bank would be a global target for cyber attacks, cyber counterfeiting, and cyber theft.

Jerome Powell

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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

Andrew Weil

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The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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Without wishing to sound arrogant, when I was younger, I used to win every single martial arts tournament I ever entered. I used to enter the under 14s and under 16s, win both gold medals in those, and then go in the men's tournament just for experience, and end up getting a silver medal.

Michael Bisping

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Today, as an independent, an entrepreneur, and a former mayor, I believe we need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. Someone who can bring members of Congress together to get things done. And I know Hillary Clinton can do that because I saw it firsthand.

Michael Bloomberg

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The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.

Stanley Tucci

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I was never going to be a rocket scientist. But I found the field that I was blessed to be able to do, and I just put my whole effort into that.

Sonny Bill Williams

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People don't want to give me credit, which is fine.

Stipe Miocic

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I used to get nervous just going to the stage door, seeing people waiting to talk to me. I was afraid of being caught out in some way or not being right.

Rosamund Pike

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Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

Donovan

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I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.

Christian Bale

GoodMeSayDamnMeanFirst

Speaking as a biologist, I think women are less aggressive than men, and they play a larger role in the early education of the young and helping them overcome their genetic heirloom.

Christian de Duve

EducationWomenMenThinkEarly

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