Brian Cox Quotes
There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others in the family.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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I think every actor wants to try out different things.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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My hair is very straight - people always think that I've ironed it when I get to set.
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The best advice for anyone trying to grow on social media is to be real and to be consistent. People will connect more with you if you stay true to yourself and who you are.
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The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.
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There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others in the family.
