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.
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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.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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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.
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when the bank calls: 'Chase Bank, I'm self-employed, how long do you want to stay on the phone?'
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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.
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If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.
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In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
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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.
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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
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I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.
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I drive a different car every night.
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I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never received that, and that's not ever going to happen. So I'm fine with what I have, I make good money, and I'm happy about it.
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When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you.
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I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.
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What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt.
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Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
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We have chosen to bring future generations into this world of rising seas and warming temperatures, droughts and floods, heat waves and wildfires, a world in which one in four mammals and one in eight birds are at risk of disappearing forever. While the damage we've done is irreversible, that doesn't give us the right to do nothing.
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Somebody in this regime used chemical weapons, whether it was Assad - an order from him, or his brother, or someone else. Who knows? I don't think the evidence is clear. But it is clear that chemical weapons were used.
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Like those itinerant clerics who traveled during the summer months and took over for vacationing priests, I hope to help out this summer in Provincetown, but without the pedophilia.
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I'm a big Justin Bieber fan. I've been a Justin Bieber fan. I've been listening to his music. OG, you know. That's also my friend, too, so, you know. It's just one of those things. We've been supporting each other's music for a long, long, long time.
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A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
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I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.
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I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
