Familiar Quotes

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In the 1950s in the United States, few music lovers were listening to chamber music. Daddy played Bach and Haydn on our phonograph for me.… — Karen DeCrow
No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention… — Samuel Freeman Miller
It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like… — Kara Swisher
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the… — S. Jay Olshansky
Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity. They… — Henry Petroski
Neil Gaiman has reached a masterful stage in his writing where he deserves his own adjective, which could be extended to younger writers following in… — Paul Di Filippo
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. — Alfred North Whitehead
The secret of all effective advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures… — Leo Burnett
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and… — Max Planck
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression. — Brent Scowcroft
The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one. — Ethan A. Hitchcock
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with. — Orhan Pamuk
Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem… — David Chalmers
When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from… — William H. Hunt
Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced… — Jo Bonner
Walt put everything he knew about communication with images into the park, so it was very familiar. — John Hench
It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the… — John Sherman Cooper
For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. — Duncan Sheik
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. — George Henry Lewes
We, in Prince Edward Island, are fully familiar with this modern phenomenon. — Alex Campbell
After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much… — Carol P. Christ
In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much… — Neil Jordan
Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the… — Mary Hunter Austin
In particular, this arm has 7 degrees-of-freedom that makes the overall motion of the arm very complex so that, before you start driving the arm,… — Umberto Guidoni

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