John Lubbock Quotes

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

John Lubbock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 30, 1834 - May 28, 1913

Topics

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The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.

Jim Rash

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Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

Jennie Finch

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To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a children's book. But that's completely wrong; its theme is actually how heartless children are.

Andrew Sean Greer

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I believe that nothing comes of nothing, even in Shakespeare. I wanted to know where he got the matter he was working with and what he did with that matter.

Stephen Greenblatt

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The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

Tom Cruise

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Being a woman has helped my career more than it's hindered it.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.

Milton Friedman

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I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

Jason Molina

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The most frustrating thing about injuries is that they take so bloody long to heal.

Jason Statham

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Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many places in the world where, as we've seen, they just won't do the job. The modern version of the Stirling engine has some very, very attractive characteristics, and we're trying to optimize it for some of those applications.

Dean Kamen

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There's only one thing people love more than their heroes, and that's stomping them into the ground.

CM Punk

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I left 'How I Met Your Mother' and jumped right onto an episode of 'S.H.I.E.L.D.,' the TV show. I wrapped, and the next day I was on set shooting 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

Cobie Smulders

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