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George Wald Quotes

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am especially grateful.

George Wald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 18, 1906 - April 12, 1997

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Light Grateful Simple Peace I Am

I was really interested in acting and thought secretly I could do it but didn't tell anyone. It was a quite private thing that I wanted to do.

Joe Alwyn

Thought Acting Tell Interested Quite

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything.

Jennifer Connelly

Good Great Time Research Doing Hard

I went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.'

Matt Groening

Woman Me Small Mickey Mouse You She

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

Travis Scott

Me Three Old First Years Drum

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

Tommy Shaw

Road Better Kind Watching Nuts Soap

People ask me, 'What is the mystique of the Texas songwriter?' Well, we ran barefoot from March until November. I think there's something about being a barefoot kid that gets you closer to the place - you take root.

Rodney Crowell

People Me Texas Think You Place

The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason.

Rupert Murdoch

First Amendment First Reason Press

We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'

Lou Holtz

Beach Wife Me Better You Honey

TV tends to try and fit everyone into a TV mold.

Josh Holloway

Try Everyone Mold Fit TV Tends

Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than 25 hours of coverage, and the leading drivers and riders are accorded the same status we give to Super Bowl quarterbacks.

Jonathan Miles

Sports Super Bowl More Company Same

Late night is no different than making a film, really, except that it's faster, and if you do a crap one, you can do a better one tomorrow. Writing a novel and doing stand-up - that stuff is very similar.

Craig Ferguson

Tomorrow Writing Night Better Doing

The mistake people that want to be actors make is to move to New York or L.A. right away. But it's like... go act somewhere first. Be an actor. A story is a story, and an audience is an audience, no matter where you're doing it.

Conrad Ricamora

Mistake New York People Story Doing