Eileen Pollack Quotes

When I was in seventh grade, I was bored out of my mind. We seemed to be learning the same things over and over in science and math, and two of the boys in my class were allowed to move ahead into these advanced classes, but I wasn't allowed because I was a girl.

Eileen Pollack

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LearningGirlScienceMindClass

I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

Andre Previn

GreatTimeMeWritingNeverMany

He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.

Maxwell Anderson

GodMenMightGodsHeWere

A lot of people might gawk at it, but I really love 'Revenge of the Sith' because of what happens to Anakin.

Matt Lanter

LovePeopleRevengeBecauseHappens

It's amazing how unwilling most people are to admit they don't know the answer to a question or a problem and instead charge forward on a 'gut instinct' that turns out to be crap.

Stephen J. Dubner

PeopleAmazingForwardProblemKnow

I was 100 percent political in the '80s - the first time around, let's call it, my first life as an artist.

Steven Van Zandt

LifeTimePoliticalArtistFirst

Every orchestra has its own sound.

Simon Rattle

SoundOrchestraOwnEvery

On the course, I sometimes eat a little sandwich or a slow-release energy bar - one on the front nine and one on the back nine. You're out there five hours, so you have to keep eating. You're going to burn at least 1,000 calories. I'll try to take in about 400-600 calories during a round and drink water.

Rory McIlroy

WaterEatingEnergyYouBackBurn

Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts.

Little Simz

MusicMeThoughtsYouFeelingsKnow

I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.

Chloe Sevigny

HateFashionFindBoringGoingThem

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

Chuck Berry

MyselfMeJudgeMeanPraise

My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

FatherRememberJazzHimCountFan

In the tissues generally, and in such a cavity as the abdomen, the pressure is everywhere and practically always very nearly atmospheric, and must be so, because the integuments give way very easily to any excess of pressure, whether positive or negative.

August Krogh

PositiveNegativePressureWayGive

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