Alfred Harker Quotes
The laws of physics and chemistry must be the same in a crucible as in the larger laboratory of Nature.
Quotes to Explore
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We were descended from royalty.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.
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I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
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As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family members. If this happens to me, I vow to seek out the responsible parties and haunt them to the point of death.
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I hate birthdays.
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Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I did.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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You are so intent that you believe only what you believe that you believe, that you remain utterly blind to what you really believe without believing that you believe it.
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Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?
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We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.
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I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It's like being the executor of their estate in some ways.
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Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.
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It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.
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The laws of physics and chemistry must be the same in a crucible as in the larger laboratory of Nature.
