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.Michael Faraday
Quotes to Explore
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
Fernando Botero -
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 -
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
Federico Fellini -
I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
Abigail Johnson -
Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
Gary Snyder -
Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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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 -
'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 -
The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
Dan Jenkins -
But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
Aaron Eckhart -
I miss Colombia. It's a great place.
Camilo Villegas -
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 -
I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
Larry David -
I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business.
Orville Redenbacher -
If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
A desert is a place without expectation.
Nadine Gordimer -
In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
Victor LaValle
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I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture.
Wendy O. Williams -
Ma, sooner or later there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I've got to face is whateverit is women like, I ain't got it.
Paddy Chayefsky -
If you are moneyed or educated, you will get a different sentence than someone who is not.
Nancy Grace -
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Flannery O'Connor -
Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.
Erwin W. Lutzer -
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