Herodotus Quotes
A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then.
Quotes to Explore
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Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years.
Yancy Butler
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'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
Viktor Orban
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
Larry Niven
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Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
Lamar Hunt
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
J. A. Konrath
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Shockingly, the Bidens donated under $1,000 to all charities combined every year for the ten years prior to 2008.
Larry J. Sabato
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
Xavier Becerra
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I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.
Idris Elba
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
Jackie Robinson
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
Zubin Mehta
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
P. J. O'Rourke
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'
Zach Anner
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I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
Narciso Rodriguez
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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
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My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a year. Of course he was just using new investors' money to pay old investors, and soon he was on the lam.
Mitchell Zuckoff
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I've always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don't come out with a big ego.
Archie Manning
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My parents have seen their ups-and-downs but are still married after 40 years, so that's something.
Davy Rothbart
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Baruch Spinoza
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If I have to go to New York or something, I'll bring my books and read and do homework. It's not really a big deal.
Kara Hayward
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A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then.
Herodotus