Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
Quotes to Explore
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.
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Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.
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The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.
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Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
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Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.
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Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.
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Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.
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A great revolution is hardest of all on the great revolutionists.
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My helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You think that everything is closed to you because you cannot pray. My friend, your helplessness is the very essence of prayer.
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I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.
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We've managed to motion-track the silkworm's movement as it is building its cocoon. Our aim was to translate the motion-capture data into a 3D printer connected to a robotic arm in order to study the biological structure in larger scales.
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To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
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For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
