Pick any scientific field, and you'll find that those snubbed by their communities, left feeling alone and despised, were often those on the forefront.
Eliot Schrefer
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific know... VINCENT VAN GOGH The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of th... JANVIER CHOUTEU-CHANDO Nowadays, if somebody in America is feeling alone and wants to find a coming out story, they just se... TYLER OAKLEY The comments bring to the forefront a longstanding bigotry, and the bigotry often translates into vi... EMMAIA GELMAN There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who belie... MAX BORN [Only in the morning did he discover that there were also four armed German paratroopers in the bunk... BOB HALL If you type 'Salt Flats' into YouTube, you'll find 100 amazing videos that were shot out... CASEY NEISTAT I don't think there's any question it looks like they're left-handed, and rightly so. If you have th... CHUCK AMATO You find a lot of junk when you're searching through lost and tossed photo ephemera, but every s... RANSOM RIGGS If I'm not barefoot, you'll probably find me with a pair of New Balance on. And I'm not ... REID SCOTT Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedi... BILL PULLMAN Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in purs... MAX PLANCK Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in purs... MAX PLANCK Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the ex... RALPH MARSTON If you ever were bullied, you'll always remember that feeling. ODETTE ANNABLE If those communities are left to decay, this city will decay. JANE BYRNE I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeli... GARY CARTER Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whene... ALTON BROWN Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, thos... ALETHEA KONTIS Autonomous robots alone will be unable to realize those scientific goals in the foreseeable future, FRANK CLOSE If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are.... SOICHIRO HONDA In today's Britain, the weakest among us are often assumed to be minority communities. In fact, ... MAAJID NAWAZ Several residents have moved into communities in West Virginia and they will find good support syste... DAVID HOGE Those things that are in frustration should be left on the field. But I don't like to see that from ... GRAHAM MURRAY I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my li... PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON And the things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first STEVEN TYLER There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who belie... MAX BORN There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible, and those who beli... MAX BORN I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt. OLIVIA WILDE No honest writer today can possibly avoid being influenced by Freud through his pioneering work into... DYLAN THOMAS …Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to wit... RICHARD MATHESON Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true:... DYLAN THOMAS Every now and then, you'll get one of those days when you're feeling rubbish or when you hav... AIMEE WILLMOTT What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling ... COREY HAIM It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of l... BARRY LEVINSON Those two people were swayed more by sympathy and emotion for the family than anything objective. Th... ROBERT HARRIS Those towns show vitality and maintain a diversity of businesses. There were more examples of these ... JACK SCHULTZ At any comic book convention in America, you'll find aspiring cartoonists with dozens of complex... GENE LUEN YANG By the end of 2008, clearly, the al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And i... JACK KEANE In the sago palms, you'll often find sago beetles which are about the size of your little finger... TIM CAHILL If I find a good pair of jeans, I'll buy two, and get them hemmed to my height, and then I'l... JENNA USHKOWITZ People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than t... JANE RULE If you reflect often on how His Atonement has changed you, and if you give thanks often, you will fi... HENRY B. EYRING I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of... MAHATMA GANDHI There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't... DUKE ELLINGTON And often the worst thing wasn't the victims--they were dead, after all, and beyond any more pain. T... DENNIS LEHANE When you challenge me, I like my chances in a fistfight. On the field, I use the same approach. I... GARY SHEFFIELD And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't di... JOHN IRVING The gods are alone, and when they stroll, by chance, on earth, they are pathological cases or buffoo... RACHILDE You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... ... HELMUT KOHL If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot di... BUBBA SPARXXX But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a... DAVID BRIN I used to be a retailer, and I find it discouraging when somebody comes in and they pick something u... MICHAEL ENZI Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those peopl... EMINEM In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often h... ANNIE LENNOX For one, we were putting (our defensive) guys in bad field position. And another thing, we weren't g... ALBERT YOUNG When you depart from this world, you must have the confidence that you have left your footprints in ... SUNDAY ADELAJA We left three touchdowns out there on the field, ... To be greedy, you want to hit those plays, but ... TYLER PALKO The state said this case is not about scientific evidence because they don't have any ... no DNA, no... JOHN WRIGHT You can’t find any direct explanation regarding 'aliens' and 'dinosaurs' within the bible. Those w... TOBA BETA My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks m... BENNET OMALU If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are.... SOICHIRO HONDA If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are.... SOICHIRO HONDA Chanel is everywhere. Pick up a magazine. You'll find Chanel all over it. That's the imprint... DOUGLAS KIRKLAND A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identi... AGA KHAN IV Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and ... RACHAEL RAY The irony is that often those that feel the most need for control, are themselves the ones being con... CARLOS FELFOLDI The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first. STEVEN TYLER And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would certainly turn (their) backs, then they would... QURAN I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles i... NICOLAS CAGE For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and a... NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI It's almost impossible not to pick those guys if you need a quarterback because they don't come arou... MIKE HOLMGREN It is not correct... to stray from the field of science while pretending to do science. It only crea... FIORENZO FACCHINI Most times, the largest employers find ways to take back the money they have paid others. They own e... SUNDAY ADELAJA Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. COCO CHANEL People pick up on the vibrancy of your downtown area. Communities that take pride in their downtowns... JEFF MCKAY Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are oft... BOB NEY You'd think skiing wouldn't be strenuous - all you have to do, after all, is start at the to... W. BRUCE CAMERON We know that the decisions we reach will have a profound impact on the communities hosting our milit... ANTHONY PRINCIPI Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today. They have on s... BEN E. KING Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. EDWARD GIBBON Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. EDWARD GIBBON Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused EDWARD GIBBON No homes were burned. Yesterday all the resources were deployed to protect those communities, but by... LINDA JACKSON I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll se... JEFFREY OSBORNE I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work... ANDRE HOLLAND I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself. MEHMET OZ If you were a Colombian, you would have your version of an empanada. If you are an Argentinean, you ... JOSE GARCES I think they were really aggressive. I think both Anthony Davis and Dan Buenning were very aggressiv... BRIAN GRIESE Their scientific communities are eager to conduct research with Chinese scientists. LU YONGXIANG Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of... CHRISTY TURLINGTON You want to believe that those who work hard and sacrifice get ahead and those who are lazy and chea... DAVID MCRANEY The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away ... TERTULLIAN Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, m... DAN PINK Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, m... DANIEL H. PINK I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror wr... TANANARIVE DUE They call good evil and evil good. There are those who are so easily offended that they lose their a... CRISS JAMI Those who were left behind were glad on account of their sitting behind Allah's Apostle and they wer... QURAN
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