John Henry Carver Quotes

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

John Henry Carver

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• We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

  

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• As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

  

  Samuel Pepys
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• Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.

  

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• If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.

  

  I. F. Stone
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• I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.

  

  Rachel Nichols
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• I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.

  

  Yancy Butler
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• I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.

  

  J. Cole
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• The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
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• As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.

  

  Nate Robinson
  • Up
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• I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'

  

  Francesco Quinn
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• Once Clinton won, I started picking on him.

  

  Walt Handelsman
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• I'm a wandering gypsy.

  

  Lady Gaga
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• I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics.

  

  Hank Azaria
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• It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.

  

  Barney Frank
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• I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

  

  T. D. Jakes
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• You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.

  

  Victor Cruz
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• Once I came to acting, it was almost a thing where there weren't enough hours in the day to work on stuff because I was so passionate about it.

  

  Aaron Tveit
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  • Day
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• No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes - like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Real
  • Food
  • Know

• I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

  

  Rafael Nadal
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• Before I really became interested in fashion, all I would look at in a fashion magazine was the ads. It only dawned on me recently that just looking at the ads really doesn't teach you everything you need to know about the fashion world.

  

  Mark Indelicato
  • World
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• In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like a shapeless big lump of clay. You just build it into something, and then you step back and go, 'That's not right,' hack it apart, put out a new arm, and say, 'Maybe this will walk around and work.'

  

  Anthony Doerr
  • Work
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• Poetry lies its way to the truth.

  

  John Ciardi
  • Truth
  • Poetry
  • Lies

• Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

  

  John Henry Carver