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J. B. Priestley Quotes

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.

J. B. Priestley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: british
Birth: September 13, 1894 - August 14, 1984

Topics

Life Hope Person Know Important

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Jerrold Nadler

Nature Government Care Will Act Our

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

John Fogerty

Beautiful Simple Think Harmony Like

Based on the science, you can make somewhat clear statements: The number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep without impairment is zero.

Matthew Walker

Science Sleep People Survive You

Don't hide in the dark and let someone else make your boss look like a rock star.

John Rampton

Boss Someone Rock Star Look Hide

When I got into Stanford in high school, I had some friends from school who told me that I just got in because I was black and whatnot.

Sterling K. Brown

School Me High School Black Friends

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

Stephanie Zimbalist

Life Work Father Business Blessing

I've done other things, but it always seems like my sci-fi projects have been what people respond to the most, because those fans are extraordinary, so passionate.

Summer Glau

People Done Passionate Extraordinary

Whether it is to reduce our carbon-dioxide emissions or to prepare for when the coal and oil run out, we have to continue to seek out new energy sources.

Martin Rees

Energy New Run Oil Prepare Out

The wisdom of the crowds has peaked. Web 3.0 is taking what we've built in Web 2.0 - the wisdom of the crowds - and putting an editorial layer on it of truly talented, compensated people to make the product more trusted and refined.

Jason Calacanis

Wisdom People Product More Web Make

It has become a routine for the media to link me with all the stars I work with.

Anushka Shetty

Work Stars Me Media Routine Become

We actually found some home videos, some really funny footage of me when I was around 3 years old. I come up to the camera to do a Nixon impression. I don't know who taught me that, but I come up to the camera and said, 'I am not a crook.' I got a really good laugh. You see me register that bringing joy to people is a positive thing.

Annaleigh Ashford

Positive Funny Good Home I Am Joy

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception.

Pedro Almodovar

Success Mother Perception Start Same