Charles Lyell Quotes

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers.

Charles Lyell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 14, 1797 - February 22, 1875

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A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

Joe Lonsdale

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I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

Jennifer Gilmore

KnowledgeExperienceTryingSometimes

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

Steve Guttenberg

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My first district was Northwest Iowa. In 2002, it became North Central Iowa hooking around Des Moines down to the south, clear up to the northeast corner of the state.

Tom Latham

DownFirstCornerUpClearIowa

I'd done a big movie that I wasn't happy with, and I was moving out of London when I got approached about Barton Fink, because my agent said the brothers were in London. We hit it off immediately, and suddenly I found myself on the way to America!

Roger Deakins

MyselfHappyMovingAmericaDone

Someone gave me a piece of advice once, my first manager Lucien Hold. He said, 'If you do stand-up about your own life, no one can steal it.' I always thought that was the best piece of advice.

Mike Birbiglia

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I have an amazing social-media wing man who manages my Facebook fan site. All my blogs get copied there. My e-mail in-box exploded, and I don't have that kind of time. My mom and sister have their whole life on Facebook, and I'm not there.

Jason Mraz

LifeTimeManAmazingMomSister

I have a long way to catch up. I have to start with the pros this year, about 20 seconds back.

Josh Brolin

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Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered.

Clara Shih

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When you're through changing, you're through.

Bruce Barton

YouThroughChanging

Who can forget that in critical times of war in 1962, 1965 and 1971, Naga underground organisations did not fire on the Indian Army? They showed restraint.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city.

Alison Gopnik

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