Charles Proteus Steinmetz Quotes
Electricity is doing for the distribution of energy what the railroads have done for the distribution of materials.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
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I can be not showered and dressed like a slob, but my lip gloss will be on!
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I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card - and in America you can't pay for anything on a debit card.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.
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When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'
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You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.
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We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.
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All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc.
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It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.
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We do it because we love to play music and that's what we're all about.
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The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is.
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My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
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The studio should not have released this film.
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I feel terrific - my mind, my energy, my focus continues to be what it always has been, and I have a renewed sense of purpose.
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Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.
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In order to help people, you have to first learn how to help yourself.
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Electricity is doing for the distribution of energy what the railroads have done for the distribution of materials.
