Quotes with set-up

Quotes 241 till 260 of 408.

  • Albert Szent-Gyorgyi So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged, causes the plant to turn brown. I did this in the hope of discovering, through these studies, the key to the understanding of adrenal function.
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
    Hungarian physician and Nobel Prize winner in Medicine (1893 - 1986)
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  • Ben Harper So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Buddy Rich So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Robert Collier Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • William Shakespeare Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Robert J. Mckain Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.
    Robert J. Mckain
    American author of self-help books
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  • Eileen Caddy Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
    Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Tarot cards likely originated in northern Italy during the late 14th or early 15th century. The oldest surviving set, known as the Visconti-Sforza deck, was created for the Duke of Milan's family around 1440. The cards were used to play a bridge-like game known as tarocchi, popular at the time among nobles and other leisure lovers.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen That you know flag flying over the courthouse
    Means certain things are set in stone
    Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.
    Source: Magic (2007) Long Walk Home
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Barry Eichengreen The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
    Barry Eichengreen
    American economist
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  • Bruno Dumont The actor already comes with emotions to the scene: fear, the fear of being in front of the camera. It is this fear that spurs the emotion of the scene. I too am afraid; I don't know exactly what I am searching for. On the set, we are all participating in this fear together.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Bertolt Brecht The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error.
    Source: Life of Galileo
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they have the wrong skill set, but the good thing is that they don't have any of the old paradigms baked into them, so they have a lot of the bright new ideas that are harder to come by as you get older.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Alistair Cooke The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • Michael J. Mccarthy The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.
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  • Brandon Cruz The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
    Brandon Cruz
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Pete Sampras The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
    Pete Sampras
     
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  • Benedict Arnold The drafts from the regiments at Ticonderoga are a miserable set; indeed the men on board the fleet, in general, are not equal to half their number of good men.
    Source: Letter to General Gates (21 September 1776), in Battle of Valcour on Lake Champlain, October 11th, 1776 by Peter Sailly Palmer(1876) p. 5
    Benedict Arnold
    American military officer (1741 - 1801)
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