George Julius Poulett Scrope Quotes
The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to the ear of the student of Nature seems echoed from every part of her works, is-Time!-Time!-Time!
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
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Science fiction fans are awesome - they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap. I never dreamed that I would go to conventions and sit down and have coffee with a Klingon. It's so weird, but it's my life.
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I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.
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When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.
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There was a very consistent creation of a virtual reality, and eventually it collided with our old-fashioned, ordinary reality.
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If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community.
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Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.
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I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias.
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Research we've done seems to indicate that people who are on the Net like the idea that they don't have to leave what they are reading to go buy something.
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
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The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to the ear of the student of Nature seems echoed from every part of her works, is-Time!-Time!-Time!
