H. G. Wells Quotes
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.
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We choose mania over boredom every time.
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Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.
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I never wanted to hurt anyone else, most of all my family and my kids.
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'Teenage Dream' was the hardest breakup for me.
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If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
