H. G. Wells Quotes
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.
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You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.
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I don't think there's any difference in my passion than when I was a young coach. I hope somebody in some way realizes I could be an asset, but we'll just wait and see.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.
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I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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I developed my camera system, called the Medusa, jointly with a colleague down in Australia as a method of exploring the ocean unobtrusively. The critical thing was that we didn't use white light, which I believe has been scaring the animals away.
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I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.
Nastassja Kinski -
It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can.
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In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
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'Ugly Betty' has been four years of my life, important adolescent years. I think that all I've really known was getting pampered and interviewed and getting my picture taken.
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You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music.
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I'm somebody who doesn't work with a stylist. I'll be honest with you, I'm a mom and it's just not something I want to put money toward because it's expensive to have somebody who helps dress you and I feel like I have to pay for preschool and so many things... so I don't have a stylist.
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Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.
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There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
