J. J. Abrams Quotes

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.

J. J. Abrams

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Robert Sandler is a child who died when he was three years old, and he is a child who was the first child that we know of to be treated with chemotherapy.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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One cannot understand how racism functions in the U.S. today if one ignores group power relations.

Robin DiAngelo

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When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'

Dick Van Dyke

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The fact I have an education forms my lyrical style, I'm sure. I studied the social sciences, history, stuff like that. I have an interest in politics, which maybe works its way into the songs in small, subtle ways.

Dean Wareham

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I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

Deborah Bull

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I believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn't have to be your partner - your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn't have to be the person you marry.

Cheryl Cole

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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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I'm a chick. I like shopping.

Bonnie Hammer

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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

Brian Tracy

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'Scary Movie' was a different type of comedy than I'm used to. I've mostly done sitcoms, so working with David Zucker, who wrote the film and who directed the last two 'Scary Movie's and 'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun,' was a lot of help.

Ashley Tisdale

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There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

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My dear, since Eve picked the apple no woman's ever been taken entirely unawares. When a woman's kissed it's because, deep down, she wants to be kissed.

Philip Dunne

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