Charles Lapworth Quotes
Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... the instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
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I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.
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It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world.
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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
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I mean, comedy's hard. If you go back and look at the first season of 'Seinfeld,' it's a work in progress and that's what happens. It just takes time for people to figure each other out, and figure out timing, and to develop creatively with the writers.
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The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.
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My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.
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First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something.
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A man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.
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Like all real treasures of the mind, perception can be split into infinitely small fractions without losing its quality. The weeds in a city lot convey the same lesson as the redwoods; the farmer may see in his cow-pasture what may not be vouchsafed to the scientist adventuring in the South Seas.
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I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid.
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I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.
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I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.
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We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking.
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The goal is to blow the audience's mind.
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That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.
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It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.
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I'm a serial monogamist. I'm not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it's all too complicated.
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C'est par le malentendu universel que tout le monde s'accorde.Car si, par malheur, on se comprenait, on ne pourrait jamais s'accorder.
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Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... the instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.
