Charles Francis Richter Quotes
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I finish, like, one book in a day. That's my problem. That's why Kindle is good for me, because I put, like, 15 books in it.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.
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It's easy in this world, in this business, to get caught up and get jealous of people.
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
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Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.
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At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates with the West. They had their arguments ready.
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It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.
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If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
