Jules Verne Quotes
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.
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The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier.
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I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
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Intellectualism' is the belief that our mind comes upon a world complete in itself, and has the duty of ascertaining its contents; but has no power of re-determining its character, for that is already given.
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GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smother'd. But God be thanked. . . .
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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I don't consider myself a divining rod whom God is speaking through or any kind of crap like that.
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We fought very hard for feminism, for women's rights. What I'm seeing today is a very opposite thing. I don't know why, but I see women being put back in their place. And I hate it. We're losing all we worked so hard for.
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If you wish to discover a man's true feelings, it is always best to provoke him.
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I'm trusting everyone around me who seems to be confident and happy with what we're up to.
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The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.
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When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.
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It worked OK. It was to our favor. The only problem is our point guard (Andre McGee) is breaking down physically. He's doing a good job, but he's wearing out.
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There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
