Michael Faraday Quotes
What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than fighting amongst the crowd of black passions & motives that seem now a days to urge men every where into action. What incredible scenes every where, what unworthy motives ruled for the moment, under high sounding phrases and at the last what disgusting revolutions.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
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My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which he won't give the nod.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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Every note is a lifetime for itself.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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I'm no stranger to the occasional dodgy juice, but it doesn't taste very nice and it is bloody boring. It's not a way to live.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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Hard work never hurt anyone who hired someone else to do it.
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It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
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Some people say they have a thirst for life. They're excited about every day and they're prepared to look the bad and the good straight in the face and greet it all with a smile. I like to think I'm one of those people.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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NSA surveillance is a complex subject - legally, technically and operationally.
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What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than fighting amongst the crowd of black passions & motives that seem now a days to urge men every where into action. What incredible scenes every where, what unworthy motives ruled for the moment, under high sounding phrases and at the last what disgusting revolutions.
