M. Carey Thomas Quotes
One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.M. Carey Thomas
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
Adam Goldberg -
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
Walter Cronkite -
I really like sort of disappearing.
Katey Sagal -
I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
Victoria Pendleton
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
Hansika Motwani -
Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.
Victoria Gotti -
The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
Nathan Myhrvold -
We really love to learn and explore things.
Barbara Sukowa -
I never sing in the shower either.
Barbra Streisand -
The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
Pat Buchanan
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
Adam Ferrara -
I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.
Beck -
Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
Hari Kunzru -
I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
Sam Smith -
A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
Octavio Paz -
How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
Harold Ramis
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Kate Grenville -
Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis.
Martina Navratilova -
Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
Gary Paulsen -
The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
H. L. Mencken -
I've been a freelancer my entire career, and, at any given time, I have several deadlines for all sorts of things, whether it's some magazine piece or ad copywriting or anything.
Meghan Daum -
One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.
M. Carey Thomas