H. G. Wells Quotes
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.H. G. Wells
Quotes to Explore
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
Hailey Gates -
When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
Wayne Newton -
Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
Haniel Long -
This was just one of many times God has spared me.
Jack Kelley -
Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Frances Beinecke -
I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
Nargis Fakhri
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
Nadia Comaneci -
The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
Fabiola Gianotti -
But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
Beatrice Dalle -
I want to help people; that's it.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson -
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
Bayard Rustin -
Bad ballplayers make good managers.
Earl Weaver
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Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
Valerie Simpson -
I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
Tara Strong -
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
Walt Alston -
All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman -
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
Captain Beefheart -
That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
Barbara Hale
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'It sees that you are wrong, that you are guided by faith indeed.'The Demie fell silent. His face seemed to stiffen.'Are these not facts?' asked Joaz. 'How do you reconcile them with your faith?The Demie said mildly, 'Facts can never be reconciled with faith.'
Jack Vance -
Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.
Dalai Lama -
In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult.
Chrystia Freeland -
The contradiction is this: man rejects the world as it is, without accepting the necessity of escaping it. In fact, men cling to the world and by far the majority do not want to abandon it.
Albert Camus -
I would put her appeal down to consistency. In their eyes, she has never let them down. There's a sameness, but at the same time a vitality.
Prince Andrew -
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
H. G. Wells