Martin Rees Quotes
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I believed I was invincible.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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We came out with a rice and a corn chip, then quickly decided we needed to focus on potato. It was just too much for consumers to figure out at once.
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Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.
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Russia has never been an aggressor. Russia has always been a country contributing to global stability and security. A country heavily involved in combating terror.
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Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
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When we come upon beautiful things they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space.
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All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.
