I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
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The catastrophe story, whoever may tell it, represents a constructive and positive act by the imagination rather than a negative one, an… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Microsoft does not dominate the software industry by any stretch of the imagination. We have lots of very able competitors who keep… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
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Time spent with children is time well spent. Their little minds are not constrained by 'reality' or focused upon goals. Anything and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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Hilbert once had a student in mathematics who stopped coming to his lectures, and he was finally told the young man had… — George Polya Copy Share Image
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I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
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In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written.… — Colleen McCullough Copy Share Image
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Where faith commences, science ends. Both these arts of the human mind must be strictly kept apart from each other. Faith has… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
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