Sam Kean Quotes
Scientists have continued to tinker with different elements and have learned new ways to store and deliver energy.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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My resume, my career, and my legacy in this sport means more to me then collecting some checks.
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Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.
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I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.
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The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.
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When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.
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The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.
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How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process in the system to surface information and generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision-maker. That's something that has to be attended to right away.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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I was always cycling for my dad. Then the coaches got bigger, and my results got better. Suddenly, the responsibility grows, and I'm doing it for somebody else, I'm doing it for a programme; I'm doing it for the country. I'm doing it for, like, everybody.
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I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
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Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
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I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.
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Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.
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But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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Scientists have continued to tinker with different elements and have learned new ways to store and deliver energy.
