Galileo Galilei Quotes

The number of the fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It is therefore decidedly a great feat to add to their number, and to set distinctly before the eyes other stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known stars in number more than ten times.

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• The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
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  • Hand
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• Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Help
  • Responsibility
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• The function of gossip is to create an 'in group' bond by creating an 'out group' enemy.

  

  Warren Farrell
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• It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • Up
  • Different
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• Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric.

  

  Don Lemon
  • People
  • Family
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• The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

  

  Kriti Sanon

• I think the truth about male friendship is often left out of the media, and it's that it has a million different shades, because masculinity has a million different forms.

  

  Cole Sprouse
  • Different
  • Truth
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• If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.

  

  Penelope Spheeris
  • Fear

• Living in New Zealand, that's something that you'd like to do as an actor, but very rarely do you get an opportunity to get such a good springboard as 'The Hobbit' to help you get international work.

  

  Dean O'Gorman
  • Good
  • Work
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• I think if you don't feel passionate about the first movie you're doing, in the end the project will lack something because you don't have enough experience to make the movie something special.

  

  Anton Corbijn
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• I grew up on film sets and I had a ball. It wouldn't have had nearly as much fun if my dad had been working behind a desk somewhere. I remember being on the set of 'The Godfather: Part III,' and all the kids were running around and doing crazy things, and Francis Ford Coppola just embraced that.

  

  Dominik Garcia-Lorido
  • Up
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• Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Music
  • Important
  • Power

• The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

  

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  • Future
  • Small
  • Lies

• A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the "plus" characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage, initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact, kindliness, and good common sense. A person with positive mental attitude aims for high goals and constantly strives to achieve them.

  

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• I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.

  

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• Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

  

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• I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live and quiver.

  

  Auguste Renoir
  • Live
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  • Nude

• The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Reason
  • Function
  • Recognize

• The number of the fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It is therefore decidedly a great feat to add to their number, and to set distinctly before the eyes other stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known stars in number more than ten times.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Powers
  • Surpass
  • Counted