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"If I'm going away for longer than a week I take a suitcase and check it in but I'm good at packing light and quick - years of modelling, travelling and living out of a suitcase has trained me well."

"If I'm going away for longer than a week I take a suitcase and check it in but I'm good at packing light and quick - years of modelling, travelling and living out of a suitcase has trained me well."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

Light, Living, Quick, Years

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"By lighting another's candle you brighten your own."

"By lighting another's candle you brighten your own."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Light, Kindness, Generosity, Impact, Compassion

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"And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light."

"And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light."

Chris Cornell, American Musician

Light, Night, Sun, Will

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"The speed of light sucks."

"The speed of light sucks."

John Carmack, American Scientist

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"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in."

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Light, Windows, World

8

"Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman."

"Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Light, Publicity

8

"So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light."

"So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

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"When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light."

"When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light."

Austin O'Malley, American Physicist

Light, Shadow, Shadows, Walking

7

"It is very possible that the majority of a nation can choose darkness! Such fool nations learn the beauty of light through the unbearable and inconceivable pains!"

"It is very possible that the majority of a nation can choose darkness! Such fool nations learn the beauty of light through the unbearable and inconceivable pains!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Light, Truth, Wisdom, Darkness, Power

7

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."

Toru Takemitsu, Japanese Composer

Light, Self, Shadow

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"I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber."

"I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

6

"I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise."

"I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

Light, Reality, Sound

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"Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light."

"Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

Light, Struggle

6

"Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl."

"Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Light, Woman, World

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"I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light."

"I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light."

Ian Hart, English Actor

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"There is strong shadow where there is much light."

"There is strong shadow where there is much light."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Light, Shadow, Contrast, Balance

6

"In like a dimwit, out like a light."

"In like a dimwit, out like a light."

Walt Kelly, American Cartoonist

5

"Be nobel. Be the light as if you are the source of life."

"Be nobel. Be the light as if you are the source of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Light, Nobel, Life, Source

5

"I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within."

"I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within."

Simon Newcomb, Canadian Mathematician

5

"I am convinced that it is the light and the way."

"I am convinced that it is the light and the way."

George C. Williams, American Scientist

5

"The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind."

"The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind."

Jeff Healey, Canadian Musician

5

"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."

"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

Light, Quotation

5

"Be as bright as the sun then spread your light all over the world."

"Be as bright as the sun then spread your light all over the world."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Light, Sun, Spread, World

5

"When I came to New York and I opened the window of the thirty-fifth-floor apartment, there's light pollution and fog, and I couldn't see my star. So I drew it on my wrist with a pen, but it kept washing away. Then I went to a tattoo parlor on Second Avenue and had it done."

"When I came to New York and I opened the window of the thirty-fifth-floor apartment, there's light pollution and fog, and I couldn't see my star. So I drew it on my wrist with a pen, but it kept washing away. Then I went to a tattoo parlor on Second Avenue and had it done."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Light, Pen, Pollution

5

"When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those."

"When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those."

Tina Weymouth, American Musician

5

"Soon afterwards I studied the inversion of sugar in the light of these considerations and immediately found that this classical reaction, too, was determined quantitatively by the same property of the acids, as was of course to be expected from the previous results."

"Soon afterwards I studied the inversion of sugar in the light of these considerations and immediately found that this classical reaction, too, was determined quantitatively by the same property of the acids, as was of course to be expected from the previous results."

Wilhelm Ostwald, German Scientist

Light, Property, Results

5

"You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in."

"You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in."

Arlo Guthrie, American Musician

5

"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."

"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."

George Burns, American Comedian

4

"We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light."

"We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

4

"It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light."

"It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light."

Roland Gift, British Actor

4

"We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us."

"We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us."

Melinda Gates, American Clergyman

4

"Don't fight the darkness, bring in the light."

"Don't fight the darkness, bring in the light."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Light, Optimism

4

"And I tried it and I felt, I guess I must have been pulled in by the red light of television and now I've been on TV since 1992."

"And I tried it and I felt, I guess I must have been pulled in by the red light of television and now I've been on TV since 1992."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

Light, Now, Television

4

"We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice."

"We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice."

Albert Pike, American Lawyer

Light, Practice

4

"I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it."

"I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Light, Spiritual

4

$"If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light."$

"If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light."

Max von Laue, German Scientist

Light, Principles, Tests, Theory

4

"I'll put candles all over the room, then light then, and get to it. I call it my 'vibe in a bag.'"

"I'll put candles all over the room, then light then, and get to it. I call it my 'vibe in a bag.'"

Jody Watley, American Musician

4

"However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma."

"However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma."

Julian Clary, English Comedian

Light, Loss, Youth

4

"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."

"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

4

"God himself and Jesus relied upon light to function on the earth."

"God himself and Jesus relied upon light to function on the earth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Light, God, Jesus, Earth

4

"I sometimes use a lot of light greens and greys when I feel there is sadness in the painting."

"I sometimes use a lot of light greens and greys when I feel there is sadness in the painting."

Robert Ryan, American Actor

Light, Painting, Sadness

4

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

3

"When the late Bishop was appointed, about thirty-two years ago, to diffuse the light of the Gospel through this extensive portion of His Majesty's dominions, it was even a greater spiritual, than a natural wilderness."

"When the late Bishop was appointed, about thirty-two years ago, to diffuse the light of the Gospel through this extensive portion of His Majesty's dominions, it was even a greater spiritual, than a natural wilderness."

John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

Light, Spiritual, Wilderness, Years

3

"Whatever you seek is within you!"

"Whatever you seek is within you!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Light, Power, Truth, Self

3

"And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started."

"And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started."

James Young, American Musician

3

"I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light."

"I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light."

Julie Christie, British Actress

3

"I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer."

"I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer."

Melinda Clarke, American Actress

3

"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."

"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."

Don Henley, American Musician

3

"The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning."

"The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning."

Roman Jakobson, Russian Scientist

Light, Meaning, Speech

3

"Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself."

"Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself."

Pythagoras, Greek Mathematician

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