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The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off. ↗

— William Golding

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There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up. ↗

— William Goldman

#crucial #first #followed #job #least

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#best #best way #laugh #laughing #make

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#earthquake #out #starts #story #up

I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake. ↗

— Debra Messing

#fascinated #hands #i #put #shake

In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#apples #assent #classrooms #confirmed #degree

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#authority #back #been #certain #changed

Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#arts #businesses #craftsmen #find #further

But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#different #educational #family #felt #founders

Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#education #educational #enjoy #experience #few