James Jeans Quotes
Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a universal and indisputable fact of science. As soon as the atomicity of radiation became established, this principle had to be discarded.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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We were descended from royalty.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
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I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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When I was growing up, I was watching Steffi... she taught me, actually, that I'm on a good way and try to believe in myself.
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Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons. They'll play in a full moon, no worries at all. They only get scared of magic or werewolves from stupid adults and their stupid adult stories.
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We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.
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I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily.
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All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.
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Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a universal and indisputable fact of science. As soon as the atomicity of radiation became established, this principle had to be discarded.
