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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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've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.
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The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.
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Albert Murray's The Omni-Americans is the most valuable non-business book because it discusses how you have to draw upon everyone's creativity. America is a mash-up of cultures and traditions, and great businesses know how to tap the strengths of all their employees, whatever their background may be.
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At 16, I was in Toronto and very shy and not hanging around with anyone who was intellectual in the slightest, so I didn't really have the means to discuss what I was seeing and feeling.
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Better to be wrong than be boring.
