In 1878, after having finished my course of instruction at the School of Military Medicine of Val-de-Grace, I was sent to Algeria… — Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Copy Share Image
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below, which undertaking… — Howard Carter Copy Share Image
'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another. — James Geary Copy Share Image
The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but… — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're… — Tamer Hassan Copy Share Image
The reality is the three gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar and Etihad - are forces with which to be reckoned. Strategic investments… — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
We did have a beautiful cottage in the Lake District which we spent lots of time in when I was younger. — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
These nations, in which U.N. designated terrorists roam freely, lead processions, and deliver their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity, are as… — Sushma Swaraj Copy Share Image
Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I am no more solely counted for comic or villain roles, which comes more often in mainstream, masala films. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
The spy genre is something which, as a fan of movies, a movie geek myself, I just love that cinematic joy that… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle. — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
I've had a series of setbacks in my life, which I've written about. — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
What we want with all our hearts will determine in large degree whether we can claim our right to the companionship of… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps. — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
There is a certain sentimental vibe in my home town of Manchester, which you would sort of expect. — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
It's great material that I've been able to do, and we have 'Fallout,' which is another one that I'm doing. — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I want to do action which is larger than life but has a touch of reality. — Sunny Deol Copy Share Image
Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Realizing the ways in which we humans may have been inadvertently changing our genes for millennia provides a way for us to… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don't really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I'd much… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Cinema, which demands suspension of disbelief, is an increasingly naive proposition. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I was a bar-back, which is the person who cleans the bathrooms at the end of the night in the bar, and… — Feist Copy Share Image
The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you… — Kishore Chandra Deo Copy Share Image
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first… — Eduard Shevardnadze Copy Share Image
For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
When I found out dairy was an inflammatory, which I had no idea about, I cut that out. — Jahlil Okafor Copy Share Image
What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point… — Jim Jordan Copy Share Image
