Jonathan Miller Quotes

I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn't make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case.

Jonathan Miller

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I think the big lesson I've learned is that it's very hard to write satire in America because almost immediately, whatever you've thought of turns out to come true, or sometimes it already was true.

Jennifer Egan

ThinkThoughtAmericaYouLesson

I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.

Michael Bisping

WorldPersonLiftWantFirstUFC

If we lived in a world where we had the rule of a judge, rather than the rule of law, you would have seen an absolute sea change, an avulsive change in the law as it was interpreted, applied and rendered by our court.

Sri Srinivasan

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I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.

Tom Hanks

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In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction.

Mary Augusta Ward

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DCGS is hard to learn. It takes a long time. You have to use it all the time, which means it's not a simple technology that people are used to and can buy off the shelf today. And frankly, it doesn't do what it's touted to do. That's why you see units out on the battlefield asking for very similar things.

Michael T. Flynn

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I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Jules Renard

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I think everybody encounters difficulty. It's just more pitched in some people.

Julia Cameron

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The big unknown is, at what point is a cyberattack so significant that it warrants a physical-world response.

Jared Cohen

UnknownPointBigSignificant

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

Chris Cornell

AloneLightSunNightBelieveStand

My shoots are very much about skin, so I'm an exfoliating and moisturizing nut. I fly so much, so I take my makeup off as soon as I get on the airplane. I look at my watch every half hour and moisturize.

Chrissy Teigen

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I think we go through our lives limiting our potential, and when times are tough, it's easy to convince ourselves that something isn't possible, but if you start there, then you limit yourself and the possibilities of what you can create.

Brian Chesky

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