Charles Francis Richter Quotes
There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.'
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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Everything is real on me.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey.
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I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!
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Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
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Sometimes when I'm on set, I keep eating, and people are like, 'You really eat that?' I'm like, 'Yes, I do.'
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It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh.
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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
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I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.
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I definitely keep myself to myself; I don't really go out. If my friends want to see me, they know to come around to my house.
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Increasing minimum wage doesn't build a stronger economy.
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Well, I think that you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective. Answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade. But let me just speak more generally about the issue of abortion, because this is something that obviously the country wrestles with.
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Species evolve to meet the environment. An intelligent species changes the environment to suit itself. As soon as a species becomes intelligent, it should stop evolving.
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I'm not a breakfast eater.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.
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The Radiohead record, 'The Bends' is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
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There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.'
