L. Sprague de Camp Quotes
Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not be too surprised at anything. They will have been through it all before in fictional form, and will not be too paralyzed with astonishment to try to cope with contingencies as they arise.L. Sprague de Camp
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
Canelo Alvarez -
I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
Aaron Eckhart -
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
H. G. Wells -
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
A. C. Benson -
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn -
It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
Adam Peaty
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
Fleur East -
When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
Jack Whitehall -
Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
Dan Gertler -
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
Yo-Yo Ma -
I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
Ma Jian
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The lies of the empire and the treason of the quislings shall be defeated.
Fidel Castro -
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
Cameron van der Burgh -
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
E. W. Howe -
Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.
Major Owens -
It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
Walter Lippmann -
We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it.
Zac Brown Band
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I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.
Lesley Manville -
The stories from World War I are worse than anything I have ever read.
Kerry Greenwood -
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
Sam Smith -
Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
Neil Peart Rush -
I can't get enough of this guy called Baths. He's a total L.A. dude and really young as well. It's super-electronic, but with almost Hall & Oates-style songwriting. Without the context of the production, it could be super-cheesy, but it has amazing harmonies.
Jamie Cullum -
Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not be too surprised at anything. They will have been through it all before in fictional form, and will not be too paralyzed with astonishment to try to cope with contingencies as they arise.
L. Sprague de Camp