Thomas A. Edison Quotes
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.Thomas A. Edison
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
Carine Roitfeld -
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift -
My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
Laura Bush -
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
Orson Welles -
It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
Ingrid Newkirk
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
Jack Dangermond -
People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
Laura Osnes -
I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
Zach LaVine -
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
Victoria Pendleton -
I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
Ed Speleers -
There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
Abraham Verghese
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
Abu Bakar Bashir -
I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
Ferid Murad -
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
Parker Stevenson -
And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
Malala Yousafzai -
If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
Karan Mahajan
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On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.
William Bligh -
The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.
Britt Daniel -
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
John F. Kennedy -
As a dancer, I know couples that have stayed married but separated to dance on different continents. Dance in general, but ballet in particular, is such a finite career. You can't do it later in life, and it's something that I think a dancer has to have some selfishness to fulfill.
Amanda Schull -
If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun.
Lindsey Vonn -
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Thomas A. Edison