Charles Francis Richter Quotes
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases, the inconsistent flow of credit, an outrageous national debt, high energy costs, and overreaching federal regulations.
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I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.
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I've always been torn between the pure and the social sciences.
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For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.
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I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss.
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There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can't be objective about your work. You can't be conceited or cocky either, but you can't be too modest either.
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I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
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Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.
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What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
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Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.
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Value is not intrinsic, it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment. Neither is value in words and doctrines, it is reflected in human conduct. It is not what a man or groups of men say about value that counts, but how they act.
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βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον, Ἡφαίστου δὲ χείρ.
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And I will love you, baby - Always
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I like champagne—because it always tastes like my foot's asleep.
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As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
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Rock is much more malleable than ideas.
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Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.
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I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope.
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Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.
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I'm a fan of movies and television shows, and I don't expect anything from actors and actresses, or anyone, but good work. What they do. I don't feel like I deserve a piece of their personal life, or even what they think about the work they do.
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Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
