"The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has been read elsewhere?"

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J. Norman Collie

#Book Quotes #Doe Quotes #Reader Quotes

“China is working on a similar system for its future carriers. Donald Trump may want to go back to 1920s-level technology, but the rest of the world isn't.”

Source : Source: www.bloomberg.com
“One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant until it is fed. Well, we know perfectly well which baby is attended to first. That is the whole history of politics.”

Source : "Great speeches of the 20th century: Emmeline Pankhurst's Freedom or death". www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2007.
“I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims.”
“Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.”
“The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.”
“The close-up says everything, it's then that an actor's learned, rehearsed behavior becomes most obvious to an audience and chips away, unconsciously, at its experience of reality. In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.”
“Of course we all break and we all cry and stumble. It's whether you allow the negative experiences to define you or shape you and make you become who you are in the best possible way. You use them as tools.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
“Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio.”

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