William Morris Davis Quotes
The very foundation of our science is only an inference; far the whole of it rests an the unprovable assumption that, all through the inferred lapse of time which the inferred performance of inferred geological processes involves, they have been going on in a manner consistent with the laws of nature as we know them now.
Quotes to Explore
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.
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Stability cannot occur without a Palestinian Spring through the full implementation of the Palestinians' right to self-determination on their land.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.
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Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.
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I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi.
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A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character.
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My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.
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I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives.
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I'm old school. We're from a small town in Georgia, and I think if we do pictures before the wedding, I think I'm gonna be blindfolded.
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Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script.
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We are made out of stardust. The iron in the hemoglobin molecules in the blood in your right hand came from a star that blew up 8 billion years ago. The iron in your left hand came from another star.
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Growing old is not growing up.
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Nothing's promised. You got to go out there and earn it.
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People in a novel can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist wishes; their inner as well as their outer life can be exposed.
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I watched her and her Aunt Lina stare at each other for what seemed a long time. Something was being said. Something important. Something that had to be said without words.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music.
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The very foundation of our science is only an inference; far the whole of it rests an the unprovable assumption that, all through the inferred lapse of time which the inferred performance of inferred geological processes involves, they have been going on in a manner consistent with the laws of nature as we know them now.
