Andre Geim Quotes
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world.
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I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem fitting into plane toilets etc, and the adaptations made for wheelchair users - such as the lowering of bank machines - work for me as well.
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
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I love unsalted almonds, especially if I'm about to do a photo shoot or compete. There's no mess, and they're so easy to pack in a little Ziploc bag to take with you. It's my number one go-to snack!
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The only continent where social movements have led to political parties that have pushed through serious social and political reforms is in South America.
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It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.
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I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.
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A dark unfathom'd tide Of interminable pride - A mystery, and a dream, Should my early life seem.
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Human beings - they go on being born and dying, dying and being born. It's kind of boring, isn't it?
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I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
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The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,--in unexpected terms of feeling and explosions of thought,--often bringing dissimilar things together with a shock; as when some wit called Boyle, the celebrated philosopher, the father of chemistry and brother of the Earl of Cork.
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All the life's wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie.
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Better to be wrong than be boring.
