Cargill Gilston Knott Quotes
The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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I've written books as acts of discovery: things I need to know and that I need to touch. And it's very dangerous work to deal with the most toxic internal elements... I feel like Madame Curie at my computer. I feel like I should be hemorrhaging from my eyes and ears.
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Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.
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Hell is paved with good intentions.
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So it's gonna be foreverOr it's gonna go down in flames.You can tell me when it's overIf the high was worth the pain.Got a long list of ex-lovers,They'll tell you I'm insane.'Cause you know I love the players,And you love the game.
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WE DO NOT BREAK USERSPACE!
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I wished I had been born early enough to have been called a Little Englander. It was a term of sneering abuse, but I should be delighted to accept it as a description of myself. That little sounds the right note of affection. It is little England I love.
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If we don't send people to Washington who, first of all, have done something more than talk for a living - which is what many politicians have done - nothing gets done.
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There have been situations where I have lost movies because I've said, 'This is not a fair deal,' and I've walked away.
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I'm Dr. David Hanson, and I build robots with character. And by that, I mean that I develop robots that are characters, but also robots that will eventually come to empathize with you.
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Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.
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I usually wear a lot of really thin gold bands and small studs. Nothing too big.
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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
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The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.
