H. Rider Haggard Quotes
Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.
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I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They're public servants.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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One of my more hectoring voices, throughout my career, has been the one that says I ought to stop what I'm doing and make an outline.
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Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
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The good man makes others good.
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I look back upon graduate school as being a very happy period in my life. The chance to be thoroughly immersed in physics and to be surrounded by friends pursuing similar goals was a marvelous experience.
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Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?
