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Mark Twain said, 'The right word is to the nearly right word as lightning is

to the lightning bug.' Fill your book with lightning.
Robert Littell

The central region of the Milky Way, known as the bulge, is stuffed with literally tens of billions of stars. And most of these are old - considerably older than our Sun or its neighbors - because this part of the galaxy formed first. Consequently, bulge stars are generally deficient in heavy elements.
Seth Shostak

'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.
Talulah Riley

Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.
Erica Jong

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.
James Nesbitt

After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting.
Gwyneth Paltrow

I left Egypt in 1969 for graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. I have been on the faculty at Caltech for 37 years and carried dual citizenship for 31. But my commitment to the country of my birth never wavered.
Ahmed Zewail

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.
Michael Moore

There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
Harbhajan Singh

If you are a parent, the horoscope will aid you to detect the evil latent in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of prevention. It will show you the good points also, that you may make a better man or woman of the soul entrusted to your care.
Max Heindel

I've already begun to put pilot programs in place that give CUNY grads opportunities to get good tech jobs. We should expand on that so that New Yorkers are getting those jobs, because those jobs are probably one of the biggest 21st Century pathways into the middle class.
Christine Quinn

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