Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quotes
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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People always want to doubt you.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.
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In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.
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At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.
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Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.
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Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.
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Pineapple reduces swelling.
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The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.
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I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.
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In the midst of the turmoil, the fear, the anxiety that's in our nation and in our world, as I was walking and meditating, I heard the voice of God. I've heard that voice many times; it's familiar to me, and there's no way that I can fail to understand it's His voice because I'm familiar with it.
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I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one life either.
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I think I'm playing grown up because I have kids now. But I don't feel grown up yet.
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A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.
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So many people are struggling to create happiness while their brain is inundated by noise. If your brain is receiving too much information, it automatically thinks you're under threat and scans the world for the negative first. Because the brain is limited, whatever you attend to first becomes your reality.
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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.
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Our brothers, cousins, uncles, husbands, neighbors were in the war, ... Not everyone's cousin or uncle is in this war.
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If she were to get her key back, she thought, no one but her would ever touch it. She would wind herself well in advance so that she would never need to rely on another to keep herself alive.
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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
