Brian Greene Quotes
There may have been many big bangs, one of which created our universe. The other bangs created other universes.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
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When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!
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I can never wink at the audience.
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I generally don't climb something if it makes me feel fear. The beauty of soloing is that there's no pressure - no one's telling me to do it. So if something seems scary, I don't have any obligation to do it. I can prepare further or just walk away entirely.
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The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.
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I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who faced a lot of backlash and didn't have a lot of support and risked ruining their careers.
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There may have been many big bangs, one of which created our universe. The other bangs created other universes.
