Adrienne Mayor Quotes

The sheer number of legendary narratives and historically verifiable incidents invites us to revise assumptions about the origins of biological and chemical warfare and its moral and technological constraints.

Adrienne Mayor

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AssumptionsMoralTechnologicalUs

Writers of color are given certain messages - explicit or implicit - about what they're allowed to write about or what will be successful if they write about it. And white writers are given another set of implicit and, sometimes, explicit messages.

Jess Row

ColorWhiteSometimesWillWrite

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Johannes Tauler

BlindSelfIgnorantWithinOwnUs

Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge.

John Cusack

GoodTimeArtChallengeManYou

I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

Angela Duckworth

HopeChildrenFocusThinkQuestions

Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday morning.

Tony Rock

WorkMorningMondayNightEasyYou

What we read, how we read, and why we read change how we think.

Maryanne Wolf

ChangeThinkWhyReadHow

Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs.

Mike Quigley

OpportunityEnvironmentLoseCreate

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it.

Michelle Obama

SuccessCareAmericanOthersAsking

'Ralph's Party' was supposed to be a psychological thriller, but I fell in love with all my characters and wanted only the best for them.

Lisa Jewell

LoveBestPartyOnlyWantedThem

It all started when my dog began getting free roll over minutes.

Jay London

FunnyDogFreeOverStartedRoll

Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

GodKnowledgeSaySilentTrue

Personally, I've made myself a very small window of what I enjoy in this business, which is I love being a big part of the storytelling process.

Bradley Cooper

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