Martin Rees Quotes

Darwin and his successors taught us how our biosphere evolved, and thereby transformed our conception of humanity's place in nature. In the twenty-first century, space scientists are setting Darwin in a grander cosmic context - probing the origins of Earth, stars, atoms and the universe itself.

Martin Rees

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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- People
- Life
- World
Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.

Pardis Sabeti
- Time
- Great
- Interesting
The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.

Daniel Bryan
- Sweet
- Worst
- Sweets
I haven't actually studied acting at all.

Kat Dennings
- Acting
- Actually
- Studied
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

Hans Selye
- Positive
- Attitude
- Stress
Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.

Nancy Kress
- May
- Drama
- Author