Charles Dickens Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
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I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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My job is to tell a story, and the decisions about the casting have to be honest.
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Science has no prejudices - though scientists often do. Science is like figures: they do not lie themselves, but the men who figure are often the greatest liars in the world.
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The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
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Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters.
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Mis culpas no irán a otras manos por mi culpa. No quiero otra culpa en mis manos.
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Alcohol-inspired fights … are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order.
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I just love coming to Vegas. There is always a good energy here; the minute you get off the plane, it is happy. Every experience I have had here is fun, and everyone is in a good mood; they are happy, and they let it go. I like that. It is refreshing to me.
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I was a professor for 20 years, 12 of those at Emory University.
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I expected results.
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From my point of view, I always want to fight until the end of my last chance.
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So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.
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We need prisons because there are some hardcore criminals, but I never met a guy who has been in jail that came out with a smile on his face thinking, 'Right, that's it - now I am going to be good!'
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I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.
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Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!
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Are there no prisons?
