Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Quotes
The final lines are not mine: they come from an experiment on soft matter, after Boudin… An English translation might run like this:
Quotes to Explore
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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Take a very small amount of money, your throwaway money, treat it as if it's already gone, you've mentally set it on fire, and put it in some distribution of a few truly legit layer 1 blockchains.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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I am most attached to my mother, who always travels with me when I am on an outdoor location or abroad. She is my friend, who I share everything with.
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5-Hour Energy is not an energy drink, it's a focus drink. But we can't say that. The FDA doesn't like the word 'focus.' I have no idea why.
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I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.
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The first time I heard 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais,' I loved the vulnerability in the music and the lyrics.
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There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
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The final lines are not mine: they come from an experiment on soft matter, after Boudin… An English translation might run like this:
