Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer
"Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors."
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Professors
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Brother Ali
Rapper
"If you don't feel the blues, then you're not listening. Then you're just a professor or something."
Simone Veil
Politician
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors."
Ben Barnes
Actor
"My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist."
Jerry Lewis
Comedian, Actor, Singer
"(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life."
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"Well, sir, if things are real, they’re there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say."
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"Were I wrong, one professor would have been enough."
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"Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson."
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"Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics."
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"I—I didn't think—" "That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious."
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"It was always assumed I would be a professor. I grew up thinking it."
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"I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will."
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"I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross."
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"Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers."
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"I will not descend among professors and capitalists."
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"I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays"
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"You must treat the days respectfully, you must be a day yourself, and not interrogate it like a college professor."
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"I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president."
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"Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science."
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"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books."
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"And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle - Flint alongside her - poke him in the eye, Angelina - it was a joke, professor, it was a joke."
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"I can't give a Professor love!"
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"Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked."
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"Professor,” Harry gasped. “Your bird — I couldn’t do anything — he just caught fire —"
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"Essien Udom is a Nigerian. At present he's a professor at Ibadan University."
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