Quotes with short-wave

Quotes 261 till 280 of 324.

  • Aaron Klug The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to achieve quick or short term results.
    Aaron Klug
    British biophysicist (1926 - 2018)
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  • Brit Marling Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.
    Brit Marling
    American actress and screenwriter (1982 - )
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  • Brad Carson There aren't that many policy changes you can do, so I'd say you ride the wave and hope that maybe some of the external events help you.
    Brad Carson
    American lawyer and politician (1967 - )
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  • Arthur C. Clarke There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Theodore Harold White There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.
    Theodore Harold White
    American political journalist and historian (1915 - 1986)
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  • Lord George Byron There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Burt Rutan There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Mark Twain There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Buzz Aldrin There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • William Zinsser There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.
    William Zinsser
    American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher (1922 - 2005)
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  • Barney Frank This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • André Gide Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Henry van Dyke Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Anna Seward Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.
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  • Ben Affleck To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Buddha To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Confucius To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Elvis Presley To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.
    Aantekening op zijn bijbel
    Elvis Presley
    American singer, musician, and actor (1935 - 1977)
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  • Lorrie Moore To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.
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    Lorrie Moore
    American fiction writer (1957 - )
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