Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
A. N. Wilson -
The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
Dan Lipinski -
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
Ulrich Beck -
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus -
I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
Ian Somerhalder -
I can't predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.
Salar Kamangar
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
Dan Gable -
That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
Ian McDiarmid -
I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
Fiona Apple -
The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
Dana Brunetti -
How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
Ferdinand Marcos -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto
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I have a very short attention span.
Frances McDormand -
I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
Patrick Whitesell -
I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
Narendra Modi -
Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like. The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sand castles. Some days are better than others.
Pat Summitt -
I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
Daniel Boulud -
My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'
Valerie Azlynn
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Even if you only have 30- or 40,000 people in the grandstands, if you put on a good event for TV and do the things that it takes to have a unique event, that is really what people want. They want unique things.
Kevin Harvick -
If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
Jack Canfield -
Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.
Tadashi Yanai -
You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
Sandra Cisneros -
One unanswered question is whether a Euro-Islam that combines Islam with democracy will be possible in the future. We mustn't confuse desire with reality.
Walter Kasper -
It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.
Georg C. Lichtenberg