In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.
Simon Newcomb
Recitation: by Male by Female
Poetry is a pure meritocracy. There's no room for ambiguity: either a poem moves you and opens up new vistas in life, or it doesn't. It's completely objective, and the best always rise to the top.
Jim Goetz
LifeBestPoetryYouRiseNew
I have to admit, I go through phases of being good and bad. When I'm being good, I go to the gym three to four times a week. I do much better in a class with other people. I like aerobics and circuit training.
Joanne Froggatt
GoodTrainingPeopleBetterWeek
For me, the first thing I fell madly in love with when I was little, was, Gilda Radner had this live performance that she had done at the Met that was on tape, and I could rent it from Video Video in New Jersey where I lived, and so I literally would rent it every two weeks.
Jessica St. Clair
LoveLiveMePerformanceNewDone
First of all, I wish I could grow a beard.
John Hodgman
BeardGrowWishI WishFirstCould
You only have so much time in a day.
Jeff Fisher
TimeDayYouOnlyMuchSo Much Time
Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
Robert Whittaker
AthleteStrengthsTurnTakeAble
The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune.
Doris Lessing
WorldJumpVoteRunCommitteePrize
I don't care who you are. You can be the smallest person off the street, or you could be the biggest person in the world. I'm going to treat everybody the same - with respect.
DeMar DeRozan
RespectWorldTreatCareYouPerson
People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?
Anne Meara
PeopleThinkYouKnowNeverGoing
There is scarcely an instant that passes over our heads that may not have its freight of infamy. How ought we to watch over our thoughts, that we may not so much as imagine any enormity!
William Godwin
ThoughtsOverImagineWatchMayOur
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.
Susan Sontag
ArtRevengeIntellectual
My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his father had for the Kiwis he encountered at Gallipoli.
Peter Jackson
FatherWarMeWorldNewPrincipal
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