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For two centuries the English countryside has been an icon of national identity and the loved reminder of our island home. Yet… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Lesson to would-be fame seekers: It's not really a new world when it comes to celebrity. There are no shortcuts. It's still… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
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Silverstone is normally quite a tricky place for the set-up and for finding a good balance, because you have a big difference… — Robert Kubica Copy Share Image
I've forgotten more about bad putting than all the lousy putters in the firmament combined. My mind has been twisted into an… — Gary McCord Copy Share Image
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You can travel with the speed of thought! You just think you're on Jupiter and you're there, boom! You just think you're… — David Berg Copy Share Image
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For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Non-human primates spend hours a day grooming each other. And with humans, touching is also important. It's a way to form bonds… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
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The recent evidence increasingly suggests that an economic expansion is already well under way, although an array of influences unique to this… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
It got more exciting with each war. I mean the planes were going faster than hell when I was flying a Mustang,… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
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Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard,… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's going slower. Adjust… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
As I spoke with scientists about the way fat behaves, I couldn't resist drawing an analogy to the realm of narcotics. If… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
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The Fulton Fish Market will be more of an odor than a landmark at this time of day, but it really swings… — Timothy Levitch Copy Share Image
My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
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In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out… — Giovanni Agnelli Copy Share Image
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There's a tremendous amount of work building the apparatus, getting the experiment to work. But sitting there late at night in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting the world even further. And safe, consistent space travel opens… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
It is not the delicate neurotic person who is prone to angina, but the robust, the vigorous in mind and body, the… — William Osler Copy Share Image
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It's often said that doves provide valuable practice for duck season, but this strikes me as upside down. With their tiny profiles,… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
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