Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are… — Beverley Nichols Copy Share Image
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“That’s a well-thought out layout,” Caldenia said. “But why pink marble?” She waved at the ceiling. “Pink marble, white ceiling, golden accents…… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
I think broadband is to the twenty-first century what electricity and electric lights were to the 20th century. — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
Every time you turn on an electric light, you are making another brainless baby. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and Im it. Im the electric light. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
“Light sensitivity appeared prevalent in humans before the advent of electric lights and streetlights.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
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“Every woman deserves the simple dignity of dying in a bed with clean sheets and an electric light at hand.' -spoken by… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
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Realizing this, I knew that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of… — Dan Flavin Copy Share Image
Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Does the customer invent new product or service? The customer generates nothing. No customer asked for electric lights. There was gas and… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“Let anyone who believes that a high standard of living is the achievement of labor unions and government controls ask himself the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“... but happiness is to joy as an electric light bulb is to the sun. Happiness always has an object, you're happy… — Susanna Tamaro Copy Share Image
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“H. L. Mencken called it “the one authentic rectum of civilization,” but for most people Hollywood was a place of magic. In… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
And it seems people should not build houses anymore it seems people should stop working and sit in small rooms on second… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
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I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
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“One of the less apparent but most profound consequences of domestic electric lighting was the encouragement of reading at home. Increased reading… — David E. Kyvig Copy Share Image
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“The sexual eagle exults he will gild the earth once more his descending wing his ascending wing sways imperceptibly the sleeves of… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
[S]uppose you make a hole in an ordinary evacuated electric light bulb and allow the air molecules to pass in at the… — Francis William Aston Copy Share Image
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
I've always thought that Boathouse Row looked best at night, when hundreds of electric lights outline the shape of each building, truning… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
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