Edward Augustus Freeman Quotes
To write about history or language is supposed to be within the reach of every man. To write about natural science is allowed to be within the reach only of those who have mastered the subjects on which they write.Edward Augustus Freeman
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'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.
Samantha Bond -
Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
Jack Henry Abbott -
I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
Carla Bley -
I'm the blackest villain of all time.
Ian McDiarmid -
I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
Magnus Larsson -
My daughter Mira's first media experience was with the first-generation iPad more than five years ago. Her speech therapist used this with her to encourage her to talk, as she was speech delayed. I watched as she immediately navigated the iPad naturally, with such ease.
Raney Aronson-Rath
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
Rachel Perry -
There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.
Hansika Motwani -
Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
Harold H. Greene -
It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.
Candice Olson -
Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
Victor LaValle -
I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
Tammy Duckworth
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
Aaron Paul -
Basically, it's in your best mental interest to release your anger so you can see the world more clearly around you and seek better solutions for finding the happy, love-filled life you desire and deserve.
Karen Salmansohn -
Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
Haldan Keffer Hartline -
I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
Fernando Botero -
You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.
P. L. Travers -
I like performing in front of big crowds.
D.R.A.M.
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I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.
Jackie Chan -
Transgression of any kind is always accompanied by a loss of self-esteem.
Brian Tracy -
Panned or not, 'Dune' is a real part of science-fiction filmmaking.
Fred Armisen -
But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
Adam Duritz Matt Malley -
A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.
Paul Bowles -
To write about history or language is supposed to be within the reach of every man. To write about natural science is allowed to be within the reach only of those who have mastered the subjects on which they write.
Edward Augustus Freeman