Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return … The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation … the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.Arthur C. Clarke
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
Walter Annenberg -
My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
Aaron Diehl -
I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
Adam Jones -
I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.
Ornella Muti -
There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
Barry Diller -
I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
Vernon Jordan
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Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
Lactantius -
I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
Taya Kyle -
Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
Najib Razak -
I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
Aaron Levie -
'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
Daddy Yankee -
I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
Karlie Kloss
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T -
I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
Olivia Williams -
Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
V. S. Naipaul -
Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
Hans Blix -
I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'
Damian Lewis -
This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
Vincent D'Onofrio
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I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the Meisner approach of improvise-based acting. This does not mean that you improvise your acting, but that you focus on the other person.
Mackenzie Davis -
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
Eric Clapton Blind Faith -
An Angel's smile is what you sell, You promise me heaven then put me through hell.
Jon Bon Jovi -
People sometimes think I take a white canvas and paint a black sign on it,but this is not true.I paint the white as well as the black and the white is just as important.
Franz Kline -
Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.
Homaro Cantu -
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return … The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation … the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.
Arthur C. Clarke