Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.
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When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence not only physical conditions but also emotions. They can touch the nerves, the blood, the muscles, the eyes and the moods of people.
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If I die, then I die. And if I don’t, then I don’t. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that’s what illness can do. I’m not going to worry about that, I’ll rest when I’m dead.
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I like everything that is wrong about Chicago.
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The re-interpretation and eventually sic eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith... are the belated objectives of practically all effective psychotherapy. The fact is, that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respectable people have escaped from these moral chains and are able to observe and think freely.
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To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
