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“Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.”

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John B. S. Haldane was an outstanding biologist known for his contributions to genetics, evolutionary theory, and biochemistry. His research had a profound impact on the development of modern biology. more

“There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. And ultimately those investments don't serve our understanding, because physicality is always going to let you down, because physicality doesn't last.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Who is my role model and how long can I keep this going? I just move around and do different things and come back to music, try making films and come back to music, write children's books and come back to music.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Nowadays New-York is not the exciting place it used to be. It still has great energy; I still put my finger in the socket. But it doesn't feel alive, cracking with that synergy between the art world and music world and fashion world that was happening in the 80s. A lot of people died.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of my secret desires, but I was afraid to just say, 'I want to be a director'. But then one day I said, O.K., stop dreaming and do it. But I didn't want to do it the Hollywood way, and talk through agents. I decided it all had to be generated by me, so I wrote it.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear.”

Thinking Children Parent Disappear

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Americans worship the Constitution but do not observe it.”

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Author:Gore Vidal

“Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media.”

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Author:Gore Vidal

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