Jules Verne Quotes
External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty!Jules Verne
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
Natalia Tena -
I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
Carl Lewis -
I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
Ian Williams Battles -
I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
Dan Futterman -
Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
Tamra Davis -
I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
Jaclyn Smith
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
Safra A. Catz -
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
Randy Pausch -
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
Jack Adams -
Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
Ed Rendell -
Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
Damian Woetzel -
A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
Zendaya
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
Barry Mann -
I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
Veronica Roth -
I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia.
Jaan Tallinn -
We estimated that we could make one of four cylinders with 4 inch bore and 4 inch stroke, weighing not over two hundred pounds, including all accessories.
Orville Wright -
Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
Jaclyn Smith -
Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.
Austin Butler -
Eminent nutritionists have traded their independence for the food industry's favors.
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal -
I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.
Ingrid Newkirk -
There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.
Alan Keyes -
A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.
Claud Cockburn -
External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty!
Jules Verne