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Quote by James Maxton

“If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus.”

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James Maxton was a prominent Scottish politician born in 1885. He was active in politics from 1885 to July 23, 1946, and is known for his radical socialist views and commitment to social reform. more

“Helen Crawfurd and the Women's Peace Crusade, made a march on the City Chambers, distributing an illegal leaflet in front of police and even to some of the police as well. The women forced their way into the building and the police had a really tough time trying to get them out. Word spread around that several of them had been arrested and this brought out new and very threatening demonstrations.”

Way Trying Wells Made Cities Fronts Building Tough Police Spread Illegal March Threatening Chamber Tough Times Demonstration Arrested Crusades Helen

Author:Willie Gallacher

“Never underestimate the power of your sister.”

Underestimate Never Underestimate

Author:Garry Marshall

“Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing”

Process Shooting Pleasant Editing

Author:Garry Marshall

“You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.”

Kids Parent Ears Theater Umpires

Author:Garry Marshall

“There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it”

Feels Writing Satisfaction

Author:Garry Marshall

“When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going”

Play School Audience Fronts Genius Shut Up Hello Edits

Author:Garry Marshall

“The history of atomism is one of reductionism – the effort to reduce all the operations of nature to a small number of laws governing a small number of primordial objects.”

Law Numbers Effort Objects Operations Governing Small Numbers Reductionism

Book:The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?

Source: The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?

“Democritus's work on the void was revolutionary.”

Revolutionary Void

Book:The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?

Source: The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?

“He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms and space, everything else is opinion'.”

Two Space Known Opinion Ancient Atoms Intuitive

Author:Leon M. Lederman

“Where do we stand today compared to Greece circa 400 B.C.? Today's experiment-driven 'standard model' is not all that dissimilar to Democritus's speculative [sic] atomic theory.”

Today Theory Models Standards Driven Experiments Greece

Author:Leon M. Lederman

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