Francis Darwin Quotes
In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
Francis Darwin
Quotes to Explore
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
Usher
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
Beck
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I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.
Laura Schlessinger
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Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
Ingvar Kamprad
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We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.
Rafael Correa
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I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.
Patricia Highsmith
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I started doing improv my sophomore year.
Rachel Dratch
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When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
Taylor Swift
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Everything must belong somewhere.I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes
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Merely to come into the world the heir of a fortune is not to be born, but to be still-born, rather. To be supported by the charity of friends, or a government-pension, - provided you continue to breathe, - by whatever fine synonymes you describe these relations, is to go into the almshouse.
Henry David Thoreau
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I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.
Philip Schultz