Elaine Sciolino Every day since the start of the Tour de France, the popular ‘Le Parisien’ newspaper has published a story about a book written with the bicycle in mind. – Elaine Sciolino Bicycle Quotes Book Quotes Day Quotes France Quotes Le Quotes Mind Quotes Newspaper Quotes Parisien Quotes Popular Quotes Published Quotes Start Quotes Story Quotes Tour Quotes Written Quotes I guess the biggest surprise I got going to Iran was that the Iranians really liked me as an American. Historically, the French have had a romantic attachment to their bikes. Though the first functioning two-wheeler is thought to have been invented by a German in 1817, it was the French who popularized and marketed the device in the 1860s, giving it the name ‘bicycle.’
Karen Bender You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don’t know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing. – Karen Bender
George Henry Lewes The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions. – George Henry Lewes
John Hagel III There’s an interesting trend that occurs in times of mounting pressure and high uncertainty, which is that it’s a natural human tendency to seek out people that agree with us, that are similar to us because it’s a source of comfort in a world that’s so rapidly changing. – John Hagel III
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