Charles Babbage Quotes
It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
Octavio Paz
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
Dana Goodyear
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
Zoe Kazan
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The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
Dana Brunetti
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
Sally Mann
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
Yoko Ono
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
Aaron Levie
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
Samantha Bee
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
Jack McDevitt
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
H. L. Mencken
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
Rachel True
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
Mahavira
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I don't read about myself, and I don't read any magazine that has anything to do with movies or show business.
Christopher Guest
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
Victoria Wood
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The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you.
Freya Stark
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The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails.
H. L. Mencken
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Orange strengthens your emotional body, encouraging a general feeling of joy, well-being, and cheerfulness. Orange vibration foods are: oranges, tangerines, apricots, mangoes, peaches and carrots.
Tae Yun Kim
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It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.
Charles Babbage