Daniel Dennett Quotes

Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need and fending off the causes of their dissolution.

Daniel Dennett

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It is often pointed out to me that, in a brief time, I have gone from unknown film editor to star of 'Gomer Pyle,' guest star in two TV specials, and a night club headliner, and that this must necessarily have wrought some deep changes in me.

Jim Nabors

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There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.

Jillian Michaels

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I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

Joan Collins

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A script is like a theory of a movie.

John C. Reilly

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Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.

John McEnroe

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When I first came to New York, I was so bored. My friends were like, 'Do a blog. It's the hip thing to do for male models.'

River Viiperi

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I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons.

Mary Quant

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Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.

Milton Avery

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It's weird: making a movie is like life compacted into three months. You have these very intense relationships with people, and you talk to them every day - your editor, the casting people, music people, your actors - then it ends. It's like a circus life.

Dito Montiel

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I tend to treat everyone like equals. That is my downfall, though, because Oprah is Oprah, and Barack is Barack, and you've gotta come in with a certain level of respect and admiration and love while still having that respect. Look at them - these people are, at this point, royalty. I think I get a little too chummy.

Chrissy Teigen

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Art Tatum was a genius.

Aretha Franklin

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Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

William Safire

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