Martin Rees Quotes
The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.
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The chef can be very innovative, but the decision is made by the customer.
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There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out, but people tend to think of me for that particular archetype, or whatever you want to call it, and I don't mind it. I think there is a strength to it.
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I lost the ball in the moon.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.
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I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.
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I was the kid who was too geeky for the other kids.
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Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.
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I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't about books, or the idiosyncrasies and complexities of putting language together.
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I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.
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People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this.
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Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
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I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not.
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When my turn comes I propose to take my lethal capsule comfortably in bed at home and preferably on my own.
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A textual critic engaged upon his business is not at all like Newton investigating the motions of the planets: he is much more like a dog hunting for fleas. If a dog hunted for fleas on mathematical principles, basing his researches on statistics of area and population, he would never catch a flea except by accident.
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Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.
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If you are describing any occurrence... make two or more distinct reports at different times... We discriminate at first only a few features, and we need to reconsider our experience from many points of view and in various moods in order to perceive the whole.
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The smallest natural point is larger than all mathematical points, and this is proved because the natural point has continuity, and any thing that is continuous is infinitely divisible; but the mathematical point is indivisible because it has no size.
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I've tried many different types of alarm apps, but the tried and true is the iPhone alarm. I like it because you can label your alarms. For my personal amusement, I've labeled them 3 a.m. for 'ridiculously early,' 3:30 is just 'early,' and 4 is 'slacker.'
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The idea of beetles came into my head. I decided to spell it BEATles to make it look like beat music, just a joke.
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I always wanted to tell stories and act.
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It's inspiring being surrounded by people who do more than you. It makes you want to do better. You're in the position to learn from the best.
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The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.
