Charles Lapworth Quotes
Astronomy concerns itself with the whole of the visible universe, of which our earth forms but a relatively insignificant part; while Geology deals with that earth regarded as an individual. Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences, while Geology is one of the newest. But the two sciences have this in common, that to both are granted a magnificence of outlook, and an immensity of grasp denied to all the rest.
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Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent a part of his time in the parish of Killinane, teaching such scholars as he could find to read their own language in the hope that they might turn to the only book then being printed in Irish, the Bible.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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ESSAY - A loose sally of the mind; an irregular indigested piece; not a regular and orderly composition.
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I still say to myself when I am depressed and find myself forced to listen to pompous and tiresome people 'Well, I have done one thing you could never have done, and that is to have collaborated with Littlewood and Ramanujan on something like equal terms.'
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Cultural evolution is Lamarckian and very fast, whereas biological evolution is Darwinian and usually very slow.
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During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.
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'I realize they say we are 'wacko' and 'out there, but we are the most rational of all.
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I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.
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Pop belonged to more musical people in earlier times, but we've sort of gotten away from that. Now it's software people. I kind of feel like reclaiming it is in order.
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I really like the mission at SurveyMonkey, which is, we help people make better decisions. It's just a great thing.
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I always have high expectations for me.
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I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.
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George Saunders is the funniest. He makes me laugh in the way I want to laugh - with so much empathy and deep understanding of people. He illuminates things and people I've never thought about - and I've dedicated my life to the study of people and their idiosyncrasies. He is light years ahead.
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On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.
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I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.
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During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
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All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side.
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I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that's going on to the left of the frame.
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The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
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Fellow citizens:The hour to try your souls and to redeem your pledges has arrived.
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Astronomy concerns itself with the whole of the visible universe, of which our earth forms but a relatively insignificant part; while Geology deals with that earth regarded as an individual. Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences, while Geology is one of the newest. But the two sciences have this in common, that to both are granted a magnificence of outlook, and an immensity of grasp denied to all the rest.
