George Westinghouse Quotes
The alternating current will kill people, of course. So will gunpowder, and dynamite, and whisky, and lots of other things; but we have a system whereby the deadly electricity of the alternating current can do no harm unless a man is fool enough to swallow a whole dynamo.
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
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The British have always made terrible parents.
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I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.
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The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I was going to finish my university degree after finishing 'The Tailors,' but 'Pinocchio' made me to take another semester off.
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I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.
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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.
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In today's world, social media, people get judged so much by the last thing that happened, I almost feel, in a way, young people get to see that not only is it OK to fail - that's the way you get to championship success, whether it's sports or business or life.
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I think that when I die, it might be some time until I know it.
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There is only one me.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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When things become too popular they are always fading away for something else.
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"For our legacy, I hope people would listen to the body of the work and not just one segment. Most people have their favorites or don't like us at all, and any of that's cool."
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I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'
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The alternating current will kill people, of course. So will gunpowder, and dynamite, and whisky, and lots of other things; but we have a system whereby the deadly electricity of the alternating current can do no harm unless a man is fool enough to swallow a whole dynamo.
