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William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.

William Kingdon Clifford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: english
Birth: May 4, 1845 - March 3, 1879

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Great Myself Believe Be True Done

As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives.

Meg Wolitzer

Change Time People Looking Meaning

I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready.

Tony La Russa

Game Strong Think You Ready Sit

I write short stories, and I wrote a play.

Rita Dove

Short Play Write Stories Wrote

My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me.

Michael Pollan

Me Writing Learn You Little Very

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

Lorna Luft

Mother Death Looking Forward Forward

Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside, I was so impressed with the way he was able to tell stories and the way he was able to deal with le merveilleux - the wonders.

Denis Villeneuve

Writing Early Young Movies Way Tell

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

Chen Shui-bian

Arrogance Behavior Must Irrational

I went camping for 33 days, and now everybody seems to care.

Colleen Haskell

Care Now Camping Days Seems

My books are easy to read. No folderol.

Clive Cussler

Easy Books Read

Where the assets of Facebook were hype, we have real assets.

Aliko Dangote

Real Hype Facebook Where Assets

There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.

Prince Charles

Good People Start Doing Nothing Get

What strikes me as memorable about 'Predator' was a lot of the decisions that were made so quickly turned out to be so iconic.

Shane Black

Me Decisions Memorable Out Made