Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew. Leon Askin
A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. Charles Babbage
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine. Immanuel Velikovsky
My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now. Cameron Diaz
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way. Holly Near
I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence reduced - that Alan Dershowitz used to have my sentence - it came down eventually to eight years.
Jim Bakker
I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with. Donna Shalala
Sometimes the term "carpet" is used interchangeably with the term "rug". The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in the Caucasus between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC.
I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs. Barry Levinson
