James Buchan Quotes

The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold.

James Buchan

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As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty.

John Francis Daley

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I do tend to be a leader in situations in my own life.

Sonequa Martin-Green

LifeLeaderMy OwnOwnSituations

I always hated being a child. I always felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.

Steven Seagal

ChildBodyTrappedAlwaysAdult

In my first story, 'Mr. Mysterious & Company'... I was asked to take out some of the humor because editors were afraid reviewers would dismiss the book as a joke. Today, humor is enjoyed and no longer regarded as literary brummagem.

Sid Fleischman

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Fame and fortune and the interstate is great and fun, but it ain't life.

Tracy Lawrence

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As a medium, electronic screens possess infinite capacities and instant interconnections, turning words into a new kind of active agent in the world.

Tom Chatfield

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I've heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.

Mirko Cro Cop

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I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason.

Miles Teller

StrongReasonEverythingPretty

I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family.

Jose Rizal

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Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt.

Jose Saramago

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My family actually owns an MMA promotion company, so it's kind of a family deal. It's called Fight Sports Entertainment, and they throw amateur fights in California. Because of that, I've given my mom a lot of the fighters to fight in a show.

Jonathan Lipnicki

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I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.

Draymond Green

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