John Hanning Speke Quotes
The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States and is not dependent on them.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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As soon as it was clear, in Copenhagen in 2009, that the Senate was blocking Obama from introducing meaningful climate legislation, the push was for him to use executive authority, use the EPA, use the tool of federal leases, and there was just a refusal to do it.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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I write for whoever needs to read it.
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But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.
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Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.
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The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections.
