David Livingstone Quotes
I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
David Livingstone
Quotes to Explore
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy
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Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.
Barry Hannah
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
Vikram Seth
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
F. H. Bradley
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
Adam Peaty
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
Hakeem Olajuwon
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
J. G. Ballard
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
Kaley Cuoco
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
Ira Sachs
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
Nancy Reagan
