Martin Rees Quotes
The challenge of global warming should stimulate a whole raft of manifestly benign innovations - for conserving energy and generating it by 'clean' means (biofuels, innovative renewables, carbon sequestration, and nuclear fusion).
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
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I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.
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Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.
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Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.
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The fullness of grace can transform the human heart and enable it to do something so great as to change the course of human history.
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You just want to play. You don't think about the money, how many followers you've got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don't understand the demands, how intense it is at times - the scrutiny you're going to get.
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A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends.
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The challenge of global warming should stimulate a whole raft of manifestly benign innovations - for conserving energy and generating it by 'clean' means (biofuels, innovative renewables, carbon sequestration, and nuclear fusion).
