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Jules Verne Quotes

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: french
Birth: February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905

Topics

Law Civilization Never Necessity

Peter Breggin, an American psychiatrist, had been criticising SSRIs since the early 1990s. He wrote 'Talking Back to Prozac' (1995) to repudiate psychiatrist Peter Kramer's 'Listening to Prozac' (1993) - a bestseller which claimed that Prozac made patients 'better than well.'

Listening Better American Talking

In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened.

Myself Believe Thought Person Said

I always have the same thing - which is the fear of not getting a laugh - that I've had from the time I was a kid; obsessing over, 'This joke doesn't quite work, we've got to get this right.' I was always like that, whether I was a member of a six-person ensemble or whether I'm the center of a show.

Work Fear Time Laugh Right Kid

The people at MTV are encouraged to be very confrontational and declarative about their tastes.

People MTV Very About Tastes

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

Business Out Narcissism Being Blown

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.

Best Hate Job Me Next Anything

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

Ambition Enough Lazy Poor Sense

When I was in middle school, I always did well in school, but teachers either loved me or absolutely hated me.

School Me Loved Teachers Middle

There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding boss, or a more interesting partner, then their life would work. We all go through that one. Slowly we wear out most of our 'if onlies.'

Life Work Car Boss People World

I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.

Fear Myself Imagination Past Me

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

Failure Talk Many About Too Biggest

One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

Work Business Me Small Internet Way

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