Gregory Benford Quotes

Like the ocean, land plants hold about three times as much carbon as the atmosphere. While oceans take many centuries to exchange this mass with the air, flora take only a few years.

Gregory Benford

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OceanPlantsThreeLandAirYears

An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.

Robert Schumann

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A lot of nasty and untrue things have been said about me.

John Higgins

MeSaidThingsNastyBeenAbout

I don't want to go out hunting for dismal topics to write about.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

GoWantHuntingWriteOutDismal

There are pretty girls all over the place. But there are still a lot of people standing strong, doing their thing in loving relationships, actually staying true. I wanted to write an honest love song from that point of view.

Andy Grammer

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A friend of mine has a son who became deaf through meningitis. He called me one spring and asked me to keep a week out of my schedule because he wanted to start a school for deaf kids. I wanted to help.

Stan Mikita

FriendSonSchoolSpringMeStart

In presence of Nature's grand convulsions, man is powerless.

Jules Verne

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There are always going to be questions - I know that. I'll let my playing answer my questions.

DeAngelo Williams

QuestionsKnowAlwaysAnswerGoing

'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

Debbie Reynolds

LifeRainMy LifeTwoThingsEver

I've been very inspired by Virgin's model of business as a force for good.

Cory Monteith

GoodBusinessInspiredForceBeen

It took me three and a half years to become a mom, so it makes me feel so good to know I'm giving my baby the best chance I can to develop a strong immune system and live a healthy life.

Constance Marie

LifeGoodLiveBestBabyMom

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

Clarence Thomas

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For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space.

Petra Collins

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