Martin Rees Quotes
The first arrival of earthly life on another celestial body ranks as an epochal event not only for our generation, but in the history of our planet. Neil Armstrong was at the cusp of the Apollo programme. This was a collective technological effort of epic scale, but his is the one name sure to be remembered centuries hence.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
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I'd like to be curvier.
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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.
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TechStars is mentorship-driven.
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Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it.
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People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.
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But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.
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The first arrival of earthly life on another celestial body ranks as an epochal event not only for our generation, but in the history of our planet. Neil Armstrong was at the cusp of the Apollo programme. This was a collective technological effort of epic scale, but his is the one name sure to be remembered centuries hence.
