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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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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Too many people fought too hard to make sure all citizens of all colors, races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities can vote to think that not voting somehow sends a message.
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As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection.
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When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels. So one year, I was reading Tove Jansson, and the next year, I was reading Stephen King.
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Hello! Your dear father is unfortunately very dead," he called. "And you said my dispersal system would never work!
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The ballerina style is here to stay. An added advantage is that the shoes blend well with Indian as well as Western attire.
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'I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery.' 'You're the table everyone wants at Starbucks,' Gansey mused as he began to walk again. Blue blinked. 'What?' Over his shoulder, Gansey said, 'Next to the wall plug.'
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To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.
