Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
I ask how far away the eye can discern a non-luminous body, as, for instance, a mountain. It will be very plainly visible if the sun is behind it; and could be seen at a greater or less distance according to the sun's place in the sky.
Quotes to Explore
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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I love reading books that can break my heart.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
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Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By and large, they're trying to do it as well as they can. Or at least as often as people in the private sector try to do as well as they can.
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I never, ever thought I would be able to grow a beard like I have now. I think it's gonna be here for a little minute. Fear the beard, hopefully.
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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
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I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
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Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.
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My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.
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Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
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Alan Alda is loved not because he's sensitive, but because he's successful and sensitive.
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I ask how far away the eye can discern a non-luminous body, as, for instance, a mountain. It will be very plainly visible if the sun is behind it; and could be seen at a greater or less distance according to the sun's place in the sky.
