Adelard of Bath Quotes
They know how to think. From the Arabs I have learned one thing: if you are led by Authority, that means you are led by a halter.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time.
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I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
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I think, 'Scott Pilgrim,' it was something where the general audience didn't necessarily understand straight away what it was.
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One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
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Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.
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I think the worst thing that could have happened to me would have been having a hit at 20. I don't know what that would have done to me. But instead, I had to scrape a living for years. And my first show, which opened in 1969, lost over £45,000, an absolute fortune then.
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I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
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The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
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Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
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The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.
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They know how to think. From the Arabs I have learned one thing: if you are led by Authority, that means you are led by a halter.
