George Biddell Airy Quotes

I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure of unusual matters (two transits of Venus and some eclipses) I had committed a grievous error in the first stage of giving numerical value to my theory. My spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded with it since.

George Biddell Airy

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• You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.

  

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• I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar.

  

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• Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.

  

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• Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.

  

  Dale Murphy
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• My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.

  

  Becky G
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• If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Time
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• I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.

  

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  • Money
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• Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Important
  • You
  • Memory

• I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.

  

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  • Time
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• Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.

  

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  • Fun
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• It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another.

  

  Dan Simmons
  • Writing
  • Relax
  • Profession

• What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.

  

  Daniel Dae Kim
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• I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Up
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• By being friends with all, we are not alone.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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• Form follows beauty.

  

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• I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

  

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• Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.

  

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  • Woman
  • Confidence
  • Beauty

• I don't really do simple. I'm not really interested in simple at the end of the day, because nothing's ever simple, and nothing's ever perfect. People certainly aren't - I would hope, anyway, because that would be boring, wouldn't it?

  

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• My entire history with the Navy have been trying to get the Navy to focus on families and child care and all the things that they were way behind in - housing, all of those things.

  

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  • Trying
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  • Focus

• McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.

  

  Chuck Todd
  • She
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• The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

  

  Herbert Spencer
  • Life
  • Time
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• I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.

  

  Jacque Fresco
  • Great
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• I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure of unusual matters (two transits of Venus and some eclipses) I had committed a grievous error in the first stage of giving numerical value to my theory. My spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded with it since.

  

  George Biddell Airy
  • Science
  • Spirit
  • Matter