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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

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Men Ugly Blessed Driving Crime Mean

I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work.

Work Time I Am People Over Years

It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.

Science Purpose Humanity Choose Box

Our world is built on biology and once we begin to understand it, it then becomes a technology.

Ryan Bethencourt

Technology World Biology Understand

Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad if some citizens can't tell a proton from a protein. But it's equally sad if they're ignorant of their nation's history, can't speak a second language, or can't find Venezuela or Syria on a map.

Sad Science History Ignorance Speak

I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't.

Lorraine Bracco

Change Women Boss I Am Me Think

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Love Simple Think Hurt Accept Worst

A really hard lesson to learn is that most of the time, it's not about you.

Time Learn You Lesson Hard Most

And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.

Flight Now Office Houston Return

On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

Work Myself Fight Me Angel Double

The orphan in children's literature allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family, every intelligent child thinks: 'How did I come to be born to these parents?' - it is about finding your place in the world.

Family Children Happy Child Parents

If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back.

Back Messed Up Up Oscars Invited

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

Observation Authority Experiment

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