Wilbur Wright Quotes
I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
Sam Altman
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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
Harry Callahan
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
Fat Joe
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
Dana Perino
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
Natalie Babbitt
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
Ada Yonath
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As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
Carlos Ghosn
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My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents.
Jack White The White Stripes
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Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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when the bank calls: 'Chase Bank, I'm self-employed, how long do you want to stay on the phone?'
Maria Bamford
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Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software.
Fred Wilson
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If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.
Cristela Alonzo
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In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
Neil Innes
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My constituents want me to be outspoken - it's part of the reason they elected me - and the inevitable side effect of being outspoken is that, occasionally, you put your foot in your mouth.
Jared Polis
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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
Bianca Jagger
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I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.
James Herriot
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I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.
Maurice Sendak
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Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake. They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn't relate to me-or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, 'How are we listening to this? It's completely irrelevant'.
Lorde
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The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.
Anita Desai
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A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
Georg Buchner
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I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
Wilbur Wright