Jules Verne Quotes
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
Quotes to Explore
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
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Girls run the world.
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The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.
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I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.
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Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.
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He vanished abruptly, like an eel going into mud.
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And as he, too, seemed disinclined for chit-chat, we stood for some moments like a couple of Trappist monks who have run into each other at the dog races.
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As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.
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I'll battle this bitter finale,Just me, my dignity and this guitar case.
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One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth. … I have always believed that Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God the small group scattered all through time of intellectually and ethically valuable people.
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There is no religion higher than truth.
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I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.
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If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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Sometimes people like to ask me why should girls go to school, why is it important for them. But I think the more important question is why shouldn't they, why shouldn't they have this right to go to school.
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I honestly never turn on the television if I'm alone.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
