Michael Faraday Quotes
In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense.
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
Omar Bongo
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
Federico Fellini
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
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Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
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Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
Harold Washington
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'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.
Pat Benatar
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
Dan Jenkins
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
Aaron Eckhart
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I miss Colombia. It's a great place.
Camilo Villegas
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People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
Tab Hunter
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
Rachel Cusk
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Larry David
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
Oliver Herford
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I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business.
Orville Redenbacher
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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A desert is a place without expectation.
Nadine Gordimer
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When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
P. J. O'Rourke
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We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
Walt Disney
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In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense.
Michael Faraday