Brian Greene Quotes
Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it.
Quotes to Explore
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Nothing wrong with making money.
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Fans give me yellow things, and I think now what's really fun is, when anyone sees yellow now, they'll think of me. Now it's kind of like this self-fulfilling prophecy: Yellow things come to me.
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Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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Through ignorance, through faith, through intelligence, through trickery and cunning, through illumination, the reader rewrites the text with the same words of the original but under another heading, re-creating it, as it were, in the very act of bringing it into being.
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Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.
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Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.
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The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived by the tick; and we creatures of the digital era must relate to the pulse.
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Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.
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There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes.
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Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.
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My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.
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What's meant to be will always find a way.
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I think it's always exciting when 'Doctor Who' touches its past.
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If we live a sedentary life, you're going to be depressed and lack confidence. So get out there and get active.
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Hollywood is just a bunch of middlemen, people trying to facilitate content transfer between creators and viewers.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
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I think the climate is changing, but I don't believe humans are causing that change to the extent that's been in the news.
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Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, peoples love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph. No matter what governments do, the human spirit will always prevail.
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Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it.
