Alberto Santos-Dumont Quotes
To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.
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Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.
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Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.
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Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.
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Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.
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We ask to be recognized as men.
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Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city.
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Joe Prunty will take over, and he will run the team. But nobody gets out of their lane. Joe will still be offense, and Sweeney will still be defense.
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A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
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I haven't hypnotised a whole lot of celebrities, because they're fearful of it.
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All I do is look, listen and try to make sense of what I find, in biological terms.
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I'm a basic steak-fish-salad kind of guy.
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There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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Sometimes when you do a part, the wall between you and the characters can be very porous. You can sort of move in and out of your character's persona and being. And that just couldn't happen on this one because of working with him.
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You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.
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To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.
