Thomas Willis Quotes

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

Thomas Willis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 27, 1621 - November 11, 1675

Topics

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TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

Jessica Lange

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While the Census Bureau already has a legal obligation to keep people's information confidential, we all know that in an age of cyber attacks and computer hacking that ensuring people's privacy can be difficult.

Jeff Duncan

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If you continue to plow ahead in something that is OK, you will miss the opportunity to do something that is great.

Ruth Porat

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I love 'Flashdance.' I thought it was so cool!

Rutina Wesley

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I think nobody can block me. Nobody can stop me.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs.

Jonathan Sacks

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A lot of weekend players struggle with putting because they have too much tension in their hands and arms, both at address and during the stroke. Tension can turn a technically perfect motion into a herky-jerky mess, especially on those knee-knockers.

Jordan Spieth

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When you are interviewing refugees, each person you talk to has a different story that could come from a horror movie. So many people talk about seeing their families get murdered before their eyes. Then I go to Central Park, and people are talking about their third divorce and paying tuition.

Brandon Stanton

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Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.

Arjen Robben

HonestyYouSometimesAlwaysHonest

I never really get to go to school because I am always on tour or with my father. There is a tutor most of the time, but usually I am working so I never get to do the lessons. The worst thing about maths is all the kids are ahead of me because they go to school.

Willow Smith

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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Plato

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