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“An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.”
Source : Robert M. Sapolsky (2006). “Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals”, p.208, Simon and Schuster
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“The standing fields [ready to harvest]were the legions who hadn't filled their God-vacuum with the One who was born to fill it; the standing fields were those who waited for someone to reach out and speak the truth, and tell them how they might be saved.”
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“We as comics do want an immediate response from the audience. It's really quiet on the set, and there are only the producers, and the director, so a comic is looking for someone to give a reaction, even if it is the camera guy.”
Source : "Cedric The Entertainer Talks 'The Soul Man'". Interview with Geneva S. Thomas, www.ebony.com. June 20, 2012.
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“To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.”
Source : Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.894, Penguin
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“If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.”
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“Multiply your age times your realized pretax annual household income from all sources except inheritances. Divide by ten. This, less any inherited wealth, is what your net worth should be.”
Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.13, Government Institutes
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“Students sometimes turn up at my course and they look a bit like they're going to Bali with only Wellingtons and a map, and they never leave their hotel room because they didn't think to bring a bikini. I'm full of bizarre analogies like that.”
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“I think that "Gilmore Girls" did so many things well, and it was a very feminist show in a time when that wasn't really being portrayed at all. The show made it cool to be a smart girl. That certainly wasn't happening at the time - you were surrounded by beauty shows and teen soap operas. "Gilmore Girls" felt very apart from everything else that was happening.”