John Archibald Wheeler Quotes
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People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
Sam Kean
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I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.
J. I. Packer
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I tweeted once, and I still stick to this, that I would love to marry a Croatian girl. I want my children to speak Croatian first, and for them to do that, we need someone who speaks very good Croatian.
Nathaniel Buzolic
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I was the hallway clown in high school.
J. B. Smoove
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
Oliver E. Williamson
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I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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I loved Ingrid Bergman. I sat and saw her on the stage in a theater in the round.
Patrick Macnee
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Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.
Ian Mckellen
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The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.
W. Somerset Maugham
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'Reason', p. 63
Isaac Asimov
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You have to be logical. You know? If I know that in this hotel room they have food every day, and I'm knocking on the door every day to eat, and they open the door, let me see the party, let me see them throwing salami all over, I mean, just throwing food around, but they're telling me there's no food.
Tupac Shakur
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Che chi si truova in degno laccio preso,Se ben di sé vede sua donna schiva,Se in tutto aversa al suo desire acceso;Se bene Amor d'ogni mercede il priva,Poscia che 'l tempo e la fatica ha speso;Pur ch'altamente abbia locato il core,Pianger non de', se ben languisce e muore.
Ludovico Ariosto
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When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all of them had reasons why they couldn't do it that time.
Alan Tudyk
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Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of human life is to grasp as much as we can out of the infinitude.
Alfred North Whitehead
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I like to say, 'Chop suey's the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another,' because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means 'tsap sui,' which, if you translate back, means 'odds and ends.'
Jennifer 8. Lee
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There is no such thing as guilt-free eating.
Dan Barber
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I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.
Jeffery Deaver
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If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
John Archibald Wheeler