George Combe Quotes

Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest.

George Combe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1788 - August 14, 1858

Topics

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Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain.

Jim Crace

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I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.

Joel Coen

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I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.

Andre Braugher

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Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy.

John Lydon

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Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' wasn't about a Martian invasion - it was a critique of British colonialism, and... 'The Time Machine' is really an indictment of the British class system.

Robert J. Sawyer

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The great thing about Starz is that there's not a lot of restrictions.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.

Andy Goldsworthy

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What's great about Netflix is that everything is kind of instantaneous, and it goes around the world instantly. Everything is released at once. The format can be a little bit whatever you want.

Shonda Rhimes

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I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

Mary Quant

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I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition.

Mike Nichols

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Chris Guest movies are funny.

Michael Keaton

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I follow the most random people on Twitter. I follow famous people like Khloe Kardashian, who surprisingly makes really funny tweets all the time.

Chloe Grace Moretz

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