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Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. George Eliot

Science Mistake Breath Alive Must Properly More Charter Gives Contest Dogma Very Than Keep Conscience

I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from. But in the eighth grade, we had this songwriting contest in our school, and I got really excited about it and actually won. After that, I just kept making music forever. Gus Dapperton

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When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to meet the editors and wrote about it in my high school magazine. Hamish Bowles

School Meet Entered High London Magazine High School About Vogue Mention Talent Annual Wrote Contest Got Editors Up Special British

America's Next Shuffle Cat contest proved to be not only entertaining, but a rare chance for me to have an opportunity to host and judge some of the nation's cutest cats as they strutted the catwalk. Hannah Simone

Me Judge Cats Opportunity Rare Nation Entertaining Some Only Cat Host Contest Proved America Next Shuffle Chance

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible. Ishmael Beah

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The 1980 Republican presidential contest might have been as good a roster of candidates as ever fielded by any party. James Carville

Good Party Presidential Contest Been Any Candidates Republican Might Ever

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world. James Cromwell

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Art has never been a popularity contest. James Levine

Art Never Contest Been Popularity Popularity Contest

We're surrounded by violence, and we see so much of it on TV, especially the news programs. We almost become numb. And that forces filmmakers to try to outdo themselves... They say, 'Look what I can do,' and it becomes like a showoff thing. To me, that's ridiculous. Filmmaking isn't a contest! Jan de Bont

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While I was in junior high, I wrote an entire essay in rhyme about manufacturing in New York State. In high school, I won a Scholastic poetry contest. Jane Yolen

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year. Janet Evanovich

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I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest. Jeane Kirkpatrick

Power Military Believe Detente Having Almost Sort Build-Up Contest Opposite Effect End Expansion Intended Soviet Stop Means

I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually played hard in that game, it'd be the best watch ever. Jeff Van Gundy

Best Game Think Those Frankly Run All-Star All-Star Game Guys Course Contest Dunk Hard Whole NBA Ever Actually Played Watch

I just submitted what I had to the 'Octopus Books' contest open reading period, and they said they wanted to publish my poetry book. Then I started to publish more and more poetry because people would ask me to do readings or ask me submit something for their journal. Jenny Zhang

Me Book People Reading Submit Publish Books Would Something More More And More Poetry Open Had Journal Period Because Readings Contest Said Octopus Submitted Just Wanted Ask Then Started

I was 21, and I was in college, and I'd eat real healthy during the week, and then on the weekends I would reward myself, and I'd just go to town on whatever my parents had in the fridge. And my little brother would be like, 'Hey.' And so it was actually him that begged me to do my first contest. Joey Chestnut

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It was a hard decision to give up a normal job. I worked hard to get through school. You go from building a fire station to an eating contest. Joey Chestnut

You School Decision Job Fire Building Station Eating Give Through Contest Go Normal Up Get Worked Hard

There's a couple of foods that if you see me eat them in a contest, you can tell I like them. Grilled cheese sandwiches, chicken wings, ribs, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza. I mean, those, they go down like I was made to eat them. Joey Chestnut

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I don't want to train for every contest the way I do for the Fourth of July. It would be impossible. Joey Chestnut

Impossible Every Way Would Would-Be Contest July Train Want Fourth

I'd never eaten lobster before. I was 21. I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I was scooping guts. But I tied for third. And the two men who beat me didn't look good. One was Bob Shoudt. He seemed in pain. And I felt fine! I was 'Oh, my God, they look like they're dying. And I can eat so much more!' I knew I was made for it after that contest. Joey Chestnut

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