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Je me rends parfaitement compte du desagreable effet que produit sur la majorite de l'humanité, tout ce qui se rapporte, même au plus faible dègré, á des calculs ou raisonnements mathematiques.

I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree to calculations or mathematical reasonings.


Hiram Stevens Maxim

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WALLACE STEVENS I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current cont...
TED STEVENS What we have, however, is an issue that has tremendous impact here at home, and we believe that Amer...
TED STEVENS I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
TED STEVENS I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.
TED STEVENS There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there...
TED STEVENS People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
TED STEVENS I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both House...
TED STEVENS I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best ...
TED STEVENS In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that's kind of natura...
CAT STEVENS I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.
RACHEL STEVENS I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on...
FISHER STEVENS Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
RACHEL STEVENS My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
RACHEL STEVENS I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.
RACHEL STEVENS Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
RACHEL STEVENS I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
RACHEL STEVENS I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense ...
RACHEL STEVENS I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!
RACHEL STEVENS I'd love to break America, like all artists do. It's a lot of work but, you know, it's g...
RACHEL STEVENS In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's wide open now...
RACHEL STEVENS Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.
RACHEL STEVENS I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.
RACHEL STEVENS It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
RACHEL STEVENS Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
RACHEL STEVENS I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
RACHEL STEVENS I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games...
RACHEL STEVENS When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know...
RACHEL STEVENS I'm a cereal girl. I have always loved my cereal ever since I was a kid.
RACHEL STEVENS I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.
RACHEL STEVENS I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for...
RACHEL STEVENS A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopul...
RACHEL STEVENS Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in...
RACHEL STEVENS I know it sounds a bit corny, but I do think that beauty and sexiness come from within.
RACHEL STEVENS Having a bad haircut can be quite traumatic!
RACHEL STEVENS Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her,
Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams
An...
WALLACE STEVENS The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so.
WALLACE STEVENS Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a wom...
WALLACE STEVENS The problem with national gardening magazines and TV shows is that they're based on the East Coast, ...
ALAN STEVENS I think more people should plant more flowers in more places, to make the world a more colorful plac...
ALAN STEVENS It's something to see when I drive through town everyday. I think we all need to give something to t...
ALAN STEVENS The government has asked that he be detained because he is either a flight risk or a danger to the c...
ALAN STEVENS The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start...
FISHER STEVENS I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
FISHER STEVENS And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night.
FISHER STEVENS Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So s...
FISHER STEVENS But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fa...
FISHER STEVENS I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
FISHER STEVENS But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.
FISHER STEVENS Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
FISHER STEVENS It got a little boring I guess, playing the same note over and over.
FISHER STEVENS But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I neve...
FISHER STEVENS I'm really obsessed with the past.
FISHER STEVENS No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
FISHER STEVENS I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.
FISHER STEVENS You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia.
FISHER STEVENS