Edward Appleton Quotes

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

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• A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

  

  Karen Duffy
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• Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.

  

  Jacky Ickx
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• I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
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• In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.

  

  Radhanath Swami
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• I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

  

  Carl Sandburg
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• A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

  

  Walter Salles
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• I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.

  

  Rachel Bloom
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• Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.

  

  Barry Levinson
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  • School
  • Movie

• I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
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• If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

  

  Ted Turner
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• I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.

  

  Adam Beach
  • People
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• The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

  

  Patrick Warburton
  • Risk
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  • Greatest

• Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

  

  Salman Khan
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  • Evil
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• When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
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• Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
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• Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • People
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• My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

  

  Carla Hall
  • Love
  • Job
  • Fear

• Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Home
  • Age
  • Independent

• While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside.

  

  Lisa See
  • She
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  • Talent

• You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

  

  Carolyn Hax
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  • Opinion
  • Differences

• Among the most striking things that I have learned is how much we have in common. I’ve sat down with people everywhere, discussing what was in their hearts and on their minds. And it doesn’t take long to find commonality, which is often overlooked, ignored, dismissed, and rejected otherwise.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • People
  • Long

• If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • Long
  • Confidence

• I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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  • Fly
  • Wings

• I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

  

  Edward Appleton
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