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“Outlandish lyrics sung by smiling people in perfect harmony. Has that edge of surprise...a little nuts and really funny.”
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“We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?”
Source : "Holy Motors: the weird world of Leos Carax". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2012.
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“Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.”
Source : Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”
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“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.”
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“Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.”
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“My dad worked for Del Monte and then for Monsanto as one of the chief scientists on the Calgene Flavr Savr Tomato. But it was a huge disaster because the tomato didn't taste good. And then my dad started his own genetics company and I began doing that with him. He and I ran a genetics company for 10 years. And so I sold seeds to Florida.”
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“Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision. However, applied science, particularly in the mass production of interchangeable parts, is even more exacting than pure science in certain matters of accuracy and precision.”
Source : "Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control". Book by Walter A. Shewhart, p. 120, 1931.
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“What happens is that, you know, on Mondays, at least in the Senate, you know, Monday night wed have what youd call a bed-check vote. Just to get, you know, the machinery of the Senate up and running so they can start the committee process; on Tuesday morning, things go. By Thursday, you know, jet fumes, the smell of jet fumes.”
Source : "After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'". Interview with David Greene, www.npr.org. May 13, 2013.