Urbain Le Verrier Quotes
Without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky—had found the unknown planet Neptune solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!Urbain Le Verrier
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
Paloma Faith -
We've been a bit too defensive about the European Union rules. We don't want to become protectionist and nationalist in the way we buy things but we think we could do a lot more to promote British business through procurement.
Vince Cable -
I've only been to New Zealand once, about 1989. It was incredibly beautiful, kind of like the ideal of where I live in New England - all that and then some - but I can't say I was there long enough to get any very clear idea.
P. J. O'Rourke -
With our growing attachment to the online universe comes a refined ability to keep tabs on several things at once, to watch stories unfold on parallel planes.
Laura Moser -
My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get up and speak without in some way, shape or form, referencing, Dr. King.
Tavis Smiley -
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
Dean Inge
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I grew up listening to old soul
Erykah Badu -
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
Marianne Williamson -
Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.
Rita Mae Brown -
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
William James -
Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?
William James -
We can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.
William James
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That's one of the reasons I'm vegan. Death terrifies me. I don't want to impose death on anyone else.
Alissa White-Gluz The Agonist -
To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny, and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.
Neil Peart Rush -
Most of my presumptions about a production are usually wrong.
Steven Spielberg -
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
Albert Camus -
I just want to be challenged. I want to be proud of what I do, and I want to learn new things and keep growing.
Tricia Helfer -
For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
Gavid Hood