Wilbur Wright Quotes
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.
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I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
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Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.
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There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, must have respect for the others and not encroach into each other's domain.
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Wit is cultured insolence.
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I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it myself, its my personal preference to always be in control of everything I do in life.
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Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.
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As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what being in love is, I don't know.
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Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.
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The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.
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The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
