Lord Kelvin Quotes
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it.
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It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors.
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Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.
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When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
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I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.
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I love 'The Wire'. I can't think of a television show that I think is superior to it in any way. I was obsessed with it from the moment it came on the air. I do also love 'Doctor Who' and 'Get Smart'.
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Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
