H. G. Wells Quotes
The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the shadow of apparently irrevocable disaster.
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The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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We can power our economy without despoiling our wild places.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
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I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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We'll fund a project even if I'm skeptical because I'd rather be proven wrong by somebody on the inside than by somebody on the outside.
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Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 million people, I am disappointed there still isn't more representation.
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Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own way, perfect.
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Do not look down, brooding over your weakness! Do not look back upon your past, strewn with failure! Look up to the living Christ!
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The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the shadow of apparently irrevocable disaster.
