James Nasmyth Quotes

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

James Nasmyth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 19, 1808 - May 7, 1890

Topics

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I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.

Joe Torre

KnowledgePeopleNeverAlwaysLittle

I once had a crush on one of my teachers. I wrote him a love letter and stuck it in a bag in his office. I didn't write my name on it, but I'm sure he figured out it was me.

Jennifer Hudson

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People in Philadelphia are a world apart from New York. They're very different from people in the New York scene. The New York scene wants your visibility and wants your money.

John Gutfreund

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I kind of connected the dots, like, 'Oh, we're just saying stuff. We're just saying things that make sense, so let's just say them like you say them in real life.' It was my first and one of my only acting lessons 'cause I never really studied acting.

Megan Mullally

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My main weakness is nerves.

Megan Fox

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All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.

Max Weber

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A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.

Amy Goodman

MoneyNewOffRatherThanTaken

I made some probably very cringe-worthy short films that shall hopefully never make the light of day.

Steve Toltz

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I fight to drive my percentages through the roof for winning and lower my percentage by taking the least amount of damage and least amount of hits.

Dominick Cruz

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If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.

Drew Carey

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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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No man can discover his own talents.

Brendan Behan

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