Jules Verne Quotes
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.
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If you're an average married couple, you're going to lie to your spouse in one out of every 10 interactions. Now, you may think that's bad. If you're unmarried, that number drops to three.
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There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.
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The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice; being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.
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In terms of scripted shows, I love 'Mad Men.' Cinematically, it's one of the most beautiful shows ever made. I love the subtlety of the acting and the storytelling, and I love that they don't think the audience is dumb. They make a great show, and you figure it out, and it leaves you with so many questions - it's just great.
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If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.
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But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.
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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
