Charles H. Townes (Charles Hard Townes) Quotes
Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science.
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Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.
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I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.
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Grassroots projects are what keep you alive as an actor.
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It's a long hard struggle from nothing to something if you're starting off with nothing, especially if you're raising a family.
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Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.
