Charles Francis Richter Quotes
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was the case on at least one National Football League team - to play to injure.
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Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
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I can say with absolute certainty I do not cheat. I am not a magician.
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The name ‘London Banker’ had especially a charmed value. He was supposed to represent, and often did represent, a certain union of pecuniary sagacity and educated refinement which was scarcely to be found in any other part of society.
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So, can demonic spirits attach themselves to inanimate objects? The answer is yes. But I don't think every sweater you get from Goodwill has demons in it. But, in a sense, you're mother's just being super cautious, so hey, it isn't going to hurt you to rebuke any spirits that happen to have attached themselves to those clothes.
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Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.
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Honestly, it's an insane, weird connection that I really feel with fans instantly when I come out, because I'm still very much a fan myself, and I still can't believe that I get to do this every single day.
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It all comes down to who you crucify, you either kiss the past or future good-bye.
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My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television show called 'M.I. High,' which I ended up doing for two years.
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Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.
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I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.
