Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot Quotes
Nature, in providing us with combustibles on all sides, has given us the power to produce, at all times and in all places, heat and the impelling power which is the result of it. To develop this power, to appropriate it to our uses, is the object of heat-engines.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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Heckles always vary. I mean, some people are just drunk, and it's nonsense, or, you know, some people just want to just repeat something I've said or add their own two cents about an opinion, but because of the nature of what I do and who I am, like, I also get the racist stuff, which is hard.
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The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.
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I do believe in sending positive messages. I am a Christian, so I do believe in a lot of positive messages.
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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.
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No one - no one - has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families. ... They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of America. We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them.
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He does not lose anything, for with the loss of himself he loses the knowledge of loss.
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We take the same line as the United States: the austerity policies need to be accompanied by greater flexibility to stimulate growth.
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Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.
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My mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers.
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Design has become a universal medium for expressing ideas, raising fundamental questions, and addressing social challenges.
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I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.
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I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to 'suck it up' because so many other profound issues are at stake.
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I'm a simple country neuroscientist, not an expert on democracy, but I do know something about how the brain works and how opinion-reinforcing bubbles can distort the picture of reality we build from the information we encounter on a daily basis.
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Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
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Money talks. This is the thing, at the end of the day, I do what I have to do, and I'mma keep doing what I have to do.
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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
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My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.
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It is essential that anyone reading this book know at the outset that the author is apolitical. I was convinced in 1927 that humanity's most fundamental survival problems could never be solved by politics.
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There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.
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One of my favorite albums of all time is Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Every song is superbly written, performed, and produced. He is a great loss to the music world. There will never be another one like him.
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Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
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Nature, in providing us with combustibles on all sides, has given us the power to produce, at all times and in all places, heat and the impelling power which is the result of it. To develop this power, to appropriate it to our uses, is the object of heat-engines.
