"Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition."

-- William Gilmore Simms

#Philosophy Quotes #Superstitions Quotes #Wells Quotes

“The further conquest of space will make it possible, for example, to create systems of satellites making daily revolutions around our planet at an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers, and to assure universal communications and the relaying of radio and television transmissions. Such an arrangement might prove more useful, economically, than the construction of radio relay systems over the whole surface of the earth. The great accuracy of movement of these satellites will provide a reliable basis for solving navigational problems”
“You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way.”
“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them in order that the reader may see what they are made of.”
“It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.”
“Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.”
“All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.”
“Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard.”
“For me, I don't think I gravitate to listening to only dark music.”

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