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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When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'
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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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I feel very honoured and humbled to have people think, 'If Yuna can break through, then why can't we?' It takes a lot of work, but I tell people to just have that focus. Always be humble and a learner, practice and do research.
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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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It is painful to think about ruthlessness as an engine of improvement.
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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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Black Bolt is typically a stoic leader, part of a larger cast of Inhumans who get their hands dirty in ways that he doesn't.
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Can space break? I mean the space of art galleries. Over the past 100 years, art galleries have gone from looking like Beaux Arts salons to simple storefronts to industrial lofts to the gleaming giant white cubes of Chelsea with their shiny concrete floors.
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Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged.
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I pay for things cause I want that slight edge over others.
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When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.
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The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.
