Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.Alfred Russel Wallace
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
Carla Gugino -
It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
T. Boone Pickens -
It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
Baltasar Kormakur -
But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
Omar Bongo -
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
Naguib Mahfouz -
I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
Nargis Fakhri
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
Barry Schwartz -
Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do.
Nathan Deal -
If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.
Kapil Dev -
Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.
Dale Earnhardt -
If I could kidnap Bryan Doyle-Murray and force him to be in my family, I would. I love him; I really do.
Valerie Azlynn -
I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
Sally Ride
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Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.
Lafcadio Hearn -
There is nothing more important in life than love.
Barbra Streisand -
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
C. V. Raman -
That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.
Sam Altman -
Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
Kate McKinnon -
As a woman, I feel it's important to support causes that are important to my core customer, who is also a woman, as well as causes that resonate with me personally.
Natalie Massenet
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Teddy Roosevelt of course was a great outdoorsman all his life.
Gaylord Nelson -
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.
Marguerite Young -
When we made 'Toy Story,' we knew, even back then, that this was going to be the ugliest film we would ever produce.
Lee Unkrich -
Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.
Bernard Cornwell -
Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
Plutarch -
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.
Alfred Russel Wallace