Sam Kean Quotes

I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Being sick always gave me another chance to break an old-fashioned mercury thermometer, too.

Sam Kean

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HomeMyselfSchoolMindMeSick

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

Joan Collins

BeautyRichProblemBornBeingLike

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.

Andrea Bocelli

PatienceHeartTimeSacrificeDeep

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

Maya Angelou

TruthJusticeStruggleImpossible

There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.

Robert Reich

BusinessWillAlwaysNextWorkers

I brought my daughters actually to Staples Center to watch me live in the ring - to watch their mother compete in the ring. It was a very proud moment for me.

Stephanie McMahon

MotherLiveMomentMeProudRing

You have to make decisions - you know what you think. That doesn't mean the audience are aware of your decisions or what you think - the lines you're saying may have ambiguity.

Tom Goodman-Hill

SayingThinkDecisionsYouKnowMay

Keep doing what you have to do to help the team out.

Rob Gronkowski

TeamDoingHelpYouOutKeep

I just think my body can't handle it any more. I did try a little drink a while back, and I was actually physically ill. I went into an immediate depression, and felt awful, just dreadful. So that's it. I'm over it now.

Ronnie Wood

DepressionThinkBodyBackNowTry

I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

WorkTimePeopleComplacencyThink

You never get the role you have worked so hard for, but the dream role, the one who gives you joy, money and maybe even honor, that one just falls into your lap.

Michael Wincott

MoneyJoyHonorYouDreamNever

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

Joss Whedon

Growing UpAngelYouGrowingDone

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Aretha Franklin

GodHappyMeGiftPossibleSinger

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