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"Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance."

"Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance."

James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician

Being, Existence, Importance, May

15

"I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies."

"I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies."

Eden Ahbez, American Musician

Being, Earth, Heaven, Rain

15

"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."

"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

15

"I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want."

"I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

Being, Public, Want

15

"The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters."

"The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

Being, Opposition

15

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."

Herman Wouk, American Novelist

Being, Fiction, Tax, Income

15

"I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other."

"I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Being, Class, Improvement, Result

15

"But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man."

"But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Being, Celebrity, Disappointments, Man

15

"To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well."

"To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well."

Anatoly Karpov, Russian Celebrity

15

"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."

"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."

Walter Lang, American Director

15

"When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said."

"When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said."

William Devane, American Actor

15

"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."

"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."

Thomas Kuhn, American Writer

15

"All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns."

"All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

15

"Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here."

"Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

Being, Country, Neighbors, Worry

15

"Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy."

"Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

Being, Kids, Trouble

15

"I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living."

"I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

Being, Living, Thinking, Writing

15

"Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions."

"Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to this direction rotating in opposite directions."

Pieter Zeeman, Dutch Physicist

Being, Direction, Force, Now

15

"Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet."

"Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet."

Darrell Issa, American Politician

Being, Country, Crime, Day

15

"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Being, Gay, Majority, Minority

15

"I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky."

"I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Being, Gay, Man

15

"I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption."

"I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption."

Richard J. Needham, Canadian Cartoonist

Being, Corruption, Magnificence, Now

15

"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."

"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Being, Existence, Goodness, Man

15

"I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources."

"I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Being, Internet

15

"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."

"The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

15

"If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after."

"If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Being, Famous, Right

15

"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."

"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

15

"Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days."

"Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

15

"I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them."

"I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them."

George Grosz, German Artist

15

"To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits."

"To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Being, Drinking, Smoking

15

"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."

"I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Being, Thinking

15

"If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?"

"If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?"

Joy Page, American Actress

15

"There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil and all the raw garbage that's being spilled in there."

"There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil and all the raw garbage that's being spilled in there."

Lloyd Bridges, American Actor

Being, Ocean, Oil

15

"I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good."

"I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good."

David Ginola, French Athlete

Being, Pretty, Training

15

"But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born."

"But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

Being, Chance, Old, Thinking

15

"It's tough never being right."

"It's tough never being right."

Eric Shinseki, American Soldier

15

"Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?"

"Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?"

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Being, Man, Woman

15

"Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star."

"Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star."

Alison Moyet, British Musician

Being, Months, Sheep

15

"Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages."

"Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages."

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

Being, Fact, May

15

"I think being a little nuts is helpful."

"I think being a little nuts is helpful."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

15

"I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out."

"I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out."

Carlton Fisk, American Athlete

Being, Feet, Question, Want

15

"I was never interested in being an overly public person."

"I was never interested in being an overly public person."

John Cusack, American Actor

15

"Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist."

"Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

15

"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."

"I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Being, Fashion, Word

15

"Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard."

"Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard."

Toni Collette, Australian Actress

15

"Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea."

"Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Being, Questions

15

"TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue."

"TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue."

John Poindexter, American Public Servant

15

"The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man."

"The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man."

Shana Alexander, American Journalist

Being, Difficulty, Man, Medicine

15

"Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals."

"Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals."

Joyce Maynard, American Writer

Being, Literary

15

"It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing."

"It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing."

Emma Stone, American Actress

Being, Preparation, School

15

"Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides."

"Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides."

Gwen Ifill, American Journalist

Being, Questions

15

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