John Wesley Powell Quotes

The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts of speech and the integration of the sentence.

John Wesley Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902

Topics

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From now on, I will work with other people's material if it fits where I want to go.

Jiang Wen

WorkPeopleGoNowWantWill

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

Matt Taibbi

PowerPartyDebtAlwaysAgainst

The United States does not accept foreign meddling in our elections, and we shouldn't have an ambassador attempting to intrude in another country's political affairs.

Jeanne Shaheen

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George Clooney, who is a moron, came here to Cannes and gave a press conference saying, 'Under no circumstances will Trump ever be president. Hillary Clinton will be the next president.' Well, we can't wait to make George Clooney eat his words.

Steve Bannon

WordsWaitSayingCircumstancesWill

When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.

Spike Jonze

PlansOldYearsFilmmakerEverHad

With any film, you're doing basically the same thing. You're trying to translate ideas into action.

Chris Doubek

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I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.

Chris Elliott

NightBoatDoingLateMissed

I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.

Clive Cussler

MeThoughtOutSeemSellMillion

I truly believe that if you put your goals in writing, speak them out loud and work for them, they will happen.

Ciara

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Don't fear change - embrace it.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

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I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of those things where I find other palettes that I want to paint on and make comedic.

Wyatt Cenac

DoingEnjoyFindKnowWantPaint

The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.

Peter Greenaway

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