Quote by Jacob Bronowski
The world is full of people who never quite get into the first tea

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. – Jacob Bronowski

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Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture. – Jacob Bronowski

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Astronomy
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. – Jacob Bronowski

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Future
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. – Jacob Bronowski

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Nature
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Winning, Winners
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Better luck next time they say, or you win some you lose some, I guess its something like that. – James Dye

Every time you win, youre reborn; when you lose, you die a little. – George E. Allen

If youre a champion, you have to have it in your heart. – Chris Evert

Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top. – D A Benton

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There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness. – Euripedes

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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I dont know how to relax, thats my problem. – Carnie Wilson

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My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction. – Michael Sheen

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