H. G. Wells Quotes
After telephone, kinematograph and phonograph had replaced newspaper, book schoolmaster and letter, to live outside the range of the electric cables was to live an isolated savage.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
Edmund Phelps
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
Natalie Martinez
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Oliver North
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
Rainn Wilson
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
Ida Tarbell
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
Paddy Ashdown
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
Jackie Evancho
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
Sam Mendes
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
Barbara Mandrell
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
Karl Kraus
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
Ziggy Marley
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
Patrick Stewart
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
Nadia Comaneci
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
Vince Carter
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
Abraham Lincoln
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I like to know who I'm working with, and it's important because they've got to be able to bring something to the party.
Kenny Ortega
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
Aaron Paul
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Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place for girls and women, wherever they live.
Chirlane McCray
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When it comes to achieving your dreams, the excuse "I don't know where to start" is no longer valid. Between the countless self-help books available on Amazon.com and the limitless supply of free articles found through Google, everything you need is just a click away. It's time you go figure it out!
Hal Elrod
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People are so codified - it's sad.
Jean Paul Gaultier
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After telephone, kinematograph and phonograph had replaced newspaper, book schoolmaster and letter, to live outside the range of the electric cables was to live an isolated savage.
H. G. Wells