Thomas A. Edison Quotes
We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
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I was lucky. I had some really good people that were just here there and wherever who would come into my life that I felt would answer questions. I mean, I had some very powerful questions myself for what this earth was all about.
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It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
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It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.
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We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state.
