William Whewell Quotes

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.

William Whewell

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• Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.

  

  Gary Paulsen
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  • Better
  • Down

• I'm not the type of person that is forced.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
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• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
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  • Love
  • Guy

• I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
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• If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
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• With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.

  

  Felix Dennis
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  • Respect
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• I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.

  

  Natalie Maines
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• In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.

  

  Vince McMahon
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• Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.

  

  Laura Vandervoort
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  • Something
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• People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.

  

  Mae Whitman
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  • Act

• In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.

  

  Halle Berry
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• I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.

  

  Adam Ferrara
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• When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.

  

  Barry Commoner
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• If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

  

  Walter Scott
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• If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.

  

  Ralph Bunche
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• I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.

  

  Edmund White
  • Home
  • She
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• This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: 'Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the Earth.'

  

  Benito Mussolini
  • Earth
  • Lies
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• Money can be issued only in the act of buying, and can be backed only in the act of selling. Any buyer who is also a seller is qualified to be a money issuer. Government, because it is not and should not be a seller, is not qualified to be a money issuer.

  

  Edwin Clarence Riegel
  • Money
  • Government
  • Buying

• If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.

  

  Zanele Muholi
  • Mean
  • Waiting
  • Existence

• I like music that just gives you goose bumps.

  

  Antonio Sabato, Jr.
  • Music

• While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.

  

  Allen Klein
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  • Why
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• But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.

  

  William Whewell
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  • Science
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