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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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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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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Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.
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There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably the most effective fighting force that Assad can count on.
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English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.
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There's endless possibilities to taking music into the future by using music that actually was 100 years old.
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I've surfed the Web and the whole dating connection. I find that pretty fascinating, but no real leads.
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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.'
