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Quote by Simon Newcomb
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. – Simon Newcomb

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What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. – Simon Newcomb

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My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. – Simon Newcomb

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In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate. – Simon Newcomb

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When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also. – Nicole Richie

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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. – Imelda Marcos

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Im an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then Ill give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesnt, like, step on my toes or anything. – Ashlee Simpson

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Id like to play Matt Damons daddy. Hes a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and Id like to play his dad one day. – Larry Hagman

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And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak Gods language – its better, its finer, its language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives. – Stephen King

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To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

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